Liu Qiangdong
Liu Qiangdong | |||||||||||
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| Born | 10 March 1973 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Renmin University (LLB) China Europe International Business School (MBA) | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Founder and chairman, JD.com | ||||||||||
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉強東 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘强东 | ||||||||||
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Liu Qiangdong (Richard) (Chinese: 刘强东; born March 10, 1973) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. Liu founded JD Multimedia as a business-to-consumer single retail store for magneto-optical products in June 1998 and later moved the company into an e-commerce website known as JD.com (also known as Jingdong) in 2013.
Liu is the company's former chief executive officer and now chairman, expanding its e-commerce products from selling consumer electronics to less specialized items. Under his leadership, JD.com has become the largest retailer in China. According to Forbes, Liu's net worth is US$4.9 billion as of 2023.