Lu Qi (computer scientist)
Lu Qi | |
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Lu Qi in 2009 | |
| Born | September 3, 1961 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Fudan University (B.S., M.S.) Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Founder of MiraclePlus |
| Known for | CEO of Bing, executive vice-president at Microsoft |
Lu Qi (simplified Chinese: 陆奇; traditional Chinese: 陸奇; pinyin: Lù Qí; born September 3, 1961) is a Chinese American software executive and engineer who is the head of MiraclePlus, a startup incubator in China. Previously, Lu was the head of Y Combinator's China until it was shut down. He was formerly the chief operating officer of Baidu until he stepped down in May, 2018. He has served as the executive vice president of Microsoft, leading development of Bing, Skype, and Microsoft Office, and software engineer and manager for Yahoo!'s search technology division.