Li Yanhong, 199 1 graduated from Peking University majoring in information management, and then went to new york State University in Buffalo to complete his master's degree in computer science. After graduation, Li Yanhong served as senior consultant of Dow Jones Company, designer of online real-time financial information system of Wall Street Journal and senior engineer of INFOSEEK. 1996, patented in the United States for inventing the core technology of the second generation search engine in the world "hyperlink analysis". From 65438 to 0998, based on the working and living experience in Silicon Valley, the book Commercial Wars in Silicon Valley was published. At the beginning of 2000, he returned to China with venture capital and founded Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd. with his friend Xu Yong. 200 1, selected as "Top Ten Pioneers in China"; In 2002, he won the title of "Top Ten IT Man of the Year". In 2003, IT won the title of "Top Ten IT Man of the Year" again. In 2004, 65438+1October, 65438+May was elected as the second "Thirteen New Talents in Beijing"; In April, 2004, he was elected as the second "Top Ten Outstanding Youth of China Software".

Baidu was founded in early 2000 and began to provide search technology services for domestic websites. 200 1 introducing a new business model-search engine ranking (for enterprises, charging fees to make them prioritize on possible search pages, thus improving the possibility of winning new customers), the company began to make profits gradually; According to the recent statistics of American research institute Alexa, Baidu has become the second largest independent search engine manufacturer in the world, ranking first among Chinese search engines.