Mr. and Mrs. Xiaomi, Vice Chairman, donated 100 million yuan!
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According to the news of WeChat official account of Sun Yat-sen University on April 17th, Sun Yat-sen University alumni couple, Mr. Lin Bin, co-founder and vice-chairman of Xiaomi Group, and Ms. Liu Xiangdong, president of Lin Bin Liu Xiangdong Foundation, donated 100 million yuan to their alma mater in their own names.
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It is worth noting that on November 12, 2024, Sun Yat-sen University will celebrate its 100th anniversary.
On the eve of the centenary of the alma mater
Vice Chairman Xiaomi and his wife donated 100 million yuan.
The Lin Bin Liu Xiangdong alumni couple donated 100 million yuan to their alma mater, which will be used for the construction of the Liu Xiangdong Cultural and Sports Center in Lin Bin and the establishment of the Lin Bin Liu Xiangdong Scholarship Hong Danhua Scholarship, which will provide better learning and working conditions for teachers and students at school and inject strong alumni strength into Sun Yat-sen University’s new century-long journey.
Lin Bin Liu Xiangdong Cultural and Sports Center is planned to be built in the south campus of Guangzhou Campus, with an initial planning area of 12,000 square meters. There will be a heated swimming pool, tennis court, badminton court and table tennis hall for teachers and students to exercise and relax.
The Liu Xiangdong Scholarship in Lin Bin, named after Mr. and Mrs. Liu Xiangdong, Lin Bin, will be distributed in ten years, and will inspire 30 undergraduate and graduate students with excellent academic performance every year.
Hong Danhua Scholarship named after Lin Bin’s mother will inspire 10 medical students with excellent academic performance every year.
Lin Bin and Liu Xiangdong alumni couple took a group photo at the South Campus of Guangzhou Campus of Sun Yat-sen University when they graduated that year.Image source: Sun Yat-sen University
Lin Bin delivered a speech at the signing ceremony of the donation, saying, "My mother, sister and brother-in-law, cousins, uncles and other relatives all graduated from Sun Yat-sen Medical College, and our family are all middle-aged adults. My alma mater has laid a career path and development for me. Sun Yat-sen University is the best university in my heart, and there is no one. I hope that more alumni can support the construction of their alma mater, have the money to pay, and make great efforts to jointly build their alma mater into the best university in the world. "
On April 17th, Lin Bin wrote in Weibo, "Today, on the eve of the centenary of Sun Yat-sen University, I returned to the campus of the University, as if I had traveled back to my youth. Thirty-eight years ago, this was the starting point of my dream pursuit, and every corner was filled with the fragrance of knowledge and the breath of youth. "
In 2021, Lin Bin donated 60 million shares of Class B Xiaomi Group to Xiaomi Foundation, which attracted wide attention. According to the statistics of Hurun Research Institute, Lin Bin’s donation has entered the 10th place in the Hurun Charity List in 2022. According to the closing price on the announcement date, the value is about 940 million yuan.
His net worth is 38 billion yuan
He co-founded Xiaomi with Lei Jun.
Official website of Xiaomi Group shows that Lin Bin, born in February 1968, obtained a bachelor’s degree in radio and electronic engineering from Sun Yat-sen University in July 1990 and a master’s degree in science from Drexel University in June 1992. He is currently the executive director, co-founder and vice chairman of Xiaomi Group. Chairman of Xiaomi Hong Kong Foundation.
Lin Bin co-founded the company with Lei Jun in 2010 and served as the president of the company until 2019, and then served as the vice chairman. In the early days of the company’s establishment, Lin Bin was responsible for the company’s recruitment, personnel, administration, legal affairs, finance and other daily operations, as well as strategic cooperation with core suppliers and international business development including India and Indonesia. Later, Lin Bin was also responsible for domestic market sales, after-sales service and the company’s mobile phone business.
Before adding Xiaomi,Lin BinFrom 2006 to 2010, he worked as an engineering director in Google, and from 1995 to 2006, he worked as a software design engineer, software design engineer supervisor, software design engineering manager and engineering director in Microsoft. Prior to this, Lin Bin worked as a network engineer in ADP Company since May 1993.
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公开信息显示，林斌持有小米集团9.34%股份，按公司4月17日港股收盘价16.28港元计算，林斌持有股份市值约为350.64亿元。
2024年3月25日，胡润研究院发布《2024胡润全球富豪榜》，林斌以380亿元人民币财富位列榜单595位。
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