yesterday (May 15) In the evening, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing and two Lenovo executives "competed with each other" on Weibo. Industry insiders familiar with Lenovo speculated that this was a signal of Lenovo's adjustment and internal change.
It was previously reported that Tong Fuyao, president of Lenovo China, would be transferred to serve as senior vice president of Lenovo's global data center business. Liu Jun, former CEO of Lenovo and former President of Mobile Group, returned to Lenovo to take charge of Lenovo's business in China.
Sure enough, Yang Yuanqing confirmed the news on his microblog this morning and published a long internal open letter. In the open letter, Yang Yuanqing stressed that: PC business is Lenovo's "rice bowl", and China is the base of globalization. Liu Jun was the greatest contributor to the success of Lenovo PC before, and this return will certainly achieve a new breakthrough in Lenovo's PC business.
Liu Jun, who graduated from college and joined Lenovo in 1993, was once the number two figure of Lenovo and was regarded as the successor of Yang Yuanqing. In September 2015, he left his post as president of Mobile Business Group and chairman of Motorola Management Committee, became a shareholder and served as chairman of 49F, a liquor e-commerce brand.
This return is likely to be related to the continuous decline of Lenovo's PC business, which was overshadowed by HP in the first quarter of this year.
What is also unexpected is that Chen Xudong, the former senior vice president of Lenovo Global Services, left Lenovo. Previously, he was considered the most likely candidate to serve as the president of China.