Liang Jie (businessman)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang (梁).

Liang Jie
梁捷 / Líang Jíe
Liang Jie, co-founder and CTO of UCWeb Inc.; president of Shenma Inc.
Born	(1975-02-11) 11 February 1975 (age 49) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Alma mater	South China University of Technology
Occupation(s)	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 in 2004. UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in June 2014 in the largest Chinese Internet merger deal ever.^[2][3] He is also the president of Shenma Inc., a joint venture formed by UCWeb and Alibaba that offers a mobile-centric search service.^[4]

Biography

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]

In April 2014, UCWeb together with Alibaba incorporated a joint venture (Chinese: 神马搜索; pinyin: Shénmǎ Sōusuǒ; lit. 'god horse search') Shenma Inc., Liang serving as the president of the new entity.^[7] He is also an investor in 3 startups incubated in the New Delhi-based Venture Gurukool.^[8]

Prizes

• Zhou Guangzhao Foundation Science & Technology Fund Innovation Award

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. 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
7. Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search, Forbes, April 28, 2014
8. "kETtech Morning briefing: Chinese angels eye Indian startups, Payment firms seek RBI delay & more". ETtech.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.