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The Steve Jobs of China: Yang Yuanqing

September 30th, 2008 by link

Yang Yuanqing

Stephen was pleased to speak again to Yang Yuanqing, Chairman of the Board of Lenovo. Lenovo is rapidly becoming a major global brand after acquiring the IBM PC and as the one of the lead sponsors of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This merger was one of the most visable multinational mergers between a Chinese and a U. S. firm. Stephen first met Yang Yuanqing when Stephen led a global executive team 2 day meeting for Lenovo last year. They have an impressive collection of talent and an excellent product and are poised to be a powerful force in their industry. Of note is the decision that Lenovo made to drop IBM from their product branding long before their rights to use the IBM name expired in their contract. This was a bold vote of confidence in their global brand and reputation. Well done!

Yang Yuanqing is a local rock star of business much as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are in the U.S. He was mobbed by dozens of press and TV cameras as he left the stage. Stephen managed to speak to him for several minutes. Yang was genuinely pleased to see Stephen again. We gave him as set of the Speed of Trust 13 behavior cards translated into Chinese.

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