Mr. Kaifu LEE

Chairman and CEO Sinovation Ventures

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute. Sinovation Ventures, managing US$3 billion dual currency investment funds, is a leading venture capital firm focusing on developing the next-generation deep tech companies. With a unique “VC+AI” model, Dr. Lee also leads the venture-building efforts of seven AI startups including the latest 01.AI, a new company capturing the LLM-driven AI 2.0 opportunity. Before founding Sinovation, Dr. Lee was the President of Google China, and a senior executive at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Dr. Lee received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Carnegie Mellon and the City University of Hong Kong. He co-chaired the Artificial Intelligence Council for the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is highly recognized as “TIME100 AI” Top 25 AI Leaders in the World, 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine in 2013, WIRED 25 Icons, and followed by over 50 million audiences on social media.