Lin Bin (born 1961) is a Chinese-American billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and vice chairman of Xiaomi. Lin studied

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graduating from the radio electronics department of the Sun Yat-sen University. Later he received a master of science in

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from

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. After graduation, Lin started at

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, where he worked on

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. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as an engineering director at

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and served as Vice President of Google China’s Engineering Research Institute. In 2010 Lin co-founded Xiaomi together with Lei Jun and five other individuals, serving as president of the company. After previously stepping down from his role, in 2019 he became the vice chairman of the company. Lin Bin made the 2025

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Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $18.1 billion and occupied the 115th position worldwide.

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