Liang Jie

Liang Jie

Liang Jie, co-founder and CTO of UCWeb Inc.; president of Shenma Inc.
Born Liang Jie / 梁捷
(1975-02-11) 11 February 1975
Guangzhou, China
Residence Guangzhou, China
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater South China University of Technology
Occupation co-founder, Chief Technology Officer , UCWeb
President, Shenma Inc.

Liang Jie (Chinese: 梁捷; pinyin: Líang Jíe; born 11 February 1975) is a Chinese technology executive and entrepreneur. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of UCWeb Inc.,[1] a Chinese mobile Internet and software company he co-founded a decade ago. UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in June 2014 in the largest Chinese Internet merger deal ever.[2][3] He’s also the president of Shenma Inc., a joint venture formed by UCWeb and Alibaba that offers a mobile-centric search service.[4]

A Guangzhou native, Liang attended the city's South China University of Technology[5] and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 1998. After graduation he started his career at Asiainfo Technologies' Guangzhou office in role of software engineer working on large scale email system.

In 2004, he co-founded UCWeb with He Xiaopeng,[5] overseeing the company's R&D and technology innovation-related affairs. He led the company's tech team to build a proprietary mobile browser rendering engine U3 kernel.[6] He also received the Zhou Guangzhao Foundation Science & Technology Fund Innovation Award, one of China's most prestigious technology award.

In April 2014, UCWeb together with Alibaba incorporated a joint venture Shenma Inc., Liang serves as the president of the new entity.[7]

References

  1. ↑ company profile, BusinessWeek
  2. ↑ Alibaba to buy out UCWeb in China's biggest internet merger, Reuters, June 11, 2014
  3. ↑ Alibaba Fully Buys Out UCWeb in China's Biggest Internet Deal Ever, Forbes magazine, June 11, 2014
  4. ↑ Alibaba, UCWeb plan mobile-search joint venture, MarketWatch, June 28, 2014
  5. 1 2 网络光芒——中国互联网的力量与信心 [Network Superstars: The Power and Confidence Behind the Chinese Internet] (in Chinese). DynoMedia Inc. 2010. pp. 92–95. ISBN 978-7-111-28770-4.
  6. ↑ "移动WebApp的新平台 —— UC技术总裁梁捷的采访" [Mobile WebApp's new platform - Interview with Liang Jie, UC Technologies President] (in Chinese). Infoq.com. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  7. ↑ Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search, Forbes, April 28, 2014
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