Top 8 executives who left western firms for Chinese companies
Updated: 2014-09-11 09:36 (chinadaily.com.cn)1 Zhang Yaqin
Zhang Yaqin, a top executive for Microsoft Corp in 皇冠体育app, is leaving the United States-based company to join local search provider Baidu Inc.
The 48-year-old Microsoft veteran who calls company founder Bill Gates his mentor said his mission has been "accomplished" more than a decade after joining the computer software firm.
Zhang's experience in technologies such as cloud computing will help Baidu expand into new areas besides online searching.
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Zhang Yaqin, former senior global VP of Microsoft, talks at the annual meeting of BFA during the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia in Boao town, Hainan province, on April 5, 2013. [Photo/IC] |
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