Original title: Baidu announced that Lu Qi resigned as group president and coo and remained as vice chairman
According to sihai.com news on May 18, baidu announced that Lu Qi, President and chief operating officer of the group, could not continue to work full-time in Beijing due to personal and family reasons. He will no longer serve as president and chief operating officer of the group from July, but will continue to serve as vice chairman of the group. At the same time, vice president Wang Haifeng was promoted to senior vice president and served as the general director of AIG (AI technology platform system).
After Lu Qi is no longer in charge of Baidu's daily operation and management, Zhang Yaqin, Xiang Hailong, Wang Haifeng, Zhu Guang and others will directly report to Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li. The general manager of intelligent driving group (IDG) will turn to report to him. Jing Kun will be the general manager of intelligent life enterprise group (SLG). Macro report.
Robin Li announced the two adjustments in all internal mail. He said: 'since Lu Qi joined Baidu in January last year, many positive changes have taken place in the company. Like most of my classmates, I was deeply impressed by his integrity, selfless work spirit and keen insight in the field of technology and business. Robin Li hoped that all the Baidu classmates and himself would sincerely thank Lu Qi for his important contribution to Baidu. He also hoped and believed that Lu Qi would join hands with all of us in the new role of the company so as to achieve our lofty mission and great ideal together.
Lu Qi said: "in Baidu's more than a year, what I really feel is Baidu and Robin's belief and persistence in technology. Especially in the era of AI, technology will surely lead Baidu to the forefront of the whole industry. I am honored to participate in the great transformation of Baidu's overall transformation to AI. At present, this process has achieved remarkable and key results. At present, everything is developing at a high speed at the best time, and I believe Baidu will continue to move forward along this road and continue to lead the way. In the future, while accompanying and taking care of my family, I will continue to firmly support Baidu and Robin. I will also pay attention to the scientific research and investment of China and the United States, and practice our common mission and dream of "making the complex world simpler with science and technology". '
Lu Qi, an elite member of the 87th Computer Department of Fudan University, joined Microsoft in 2008 and previously worked for IBM and Yahoo. After joining Microsoft, Lu Qi led Bing's search department and was promoted to head of the company's application and services group, which covers office, Bing search, Bing applications, MSN, Skype, SharePoint, exchange and yammer. Under the leadership of Lu Qi, Microsoft office software has expanded to IOS and Android mobile devices.
In September 2016, Lu Qi, who was then the executive vice president of Microsoft applications and services group, resigned. According to sources, Lu Qi had health problems due to a bicycle accident a few months ago.
In January 2017, baidu announced the formal appointment of Lu Qi as group president and chief operating officer (COO). At that time, Robin Li said that Lu Qi was recognized as an outstanding managerial talent in the global scientific and technological circles. He was also the top Chinese executive in the US technology giant. 'he has rich management experience, excellent technical insight and excellent team leadership. At the same time, Luchi is also a world-class technical authority in the field of artificial intelligence. "I believe Luqi's joining will greatly improve Baidu's comprehensive management level and technical strength! We have decided to list artificial intelligence as the most important strategic direction of the company in the next decade. To implement this strategy, we need to constantly attract world-class talents. Luqi's joining will further ensure the smooth implementation of this strategy and help Baidu lay a solid foundation in the era of artificial intelligence China is a world-class high-tech company with a leading position in the world. '
At that time, Robin Li also said that he knew AI knowledge, less than Lu Qi's 1/10, and would give full power to Lu Qi in the future.
After taking office, Lu Qi made a lot of adjustments to Baidu. He put forward the theory of 'main channel' and 'moat'. Main channel refers to information flow and artificial intelligence, representing Baidu's future; moat refers to the business that can make the main channel business more stable, including Baidu Encyclopedia, Baidu know, etc. Baidu took out and other businesses were later sold by Baidu, focusing on information flow and AI.
The day before Lu Qi joined Baidu, Baidu's share price closed at $176.48. At yesterday's close, Baidu's share price closed at $279.68, up nearly 60%, with a market value approaching $100 billion.
Wang Haifeng, who also announced his promotion, graduated from Harbin Institute of technology with a doctorate. He joined Baidu in 2010 and was promoted to vice president in October 2013. He was responsible for Baidu's core search products in 2014 and won the second prize of national science and Technology Progress Award in 2015. At present, he is the head of Baidu AIG and Baidu Research Institute, focusing on machine learning, big data, computer vision, natural language processing, speech technology, image recognition and augmented reality.
Robin Li said: "Dr. Wang Haifeng is a technical leader and outstanding leader who has been trained for many years by Baidu. He has profound theoretical training and practical experience in searching for many years of business. He has a clear pragmatic, self driven and responsible engineer style. It is an excellent representative of Baidu's simple and reliable culture. In the transformation of Baidu to artificial intelligence, he attracts and recruits global talents, leads the team in continuous development and innovation, and builds the infrastructure of Baidu's various businesses and AI industry applications. He is a change promoter and a model driving the commercialization of AI technology, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of the company. '