Wang Jian
BornOctober 1962 (age 61)
China
Alma materHangzhou University
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsAlibaba Group
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese王堅
Simplified Chinese王坚

Wang Jian (Chinese: 王坚; born October 1962) is a Chinese computer scientist currently serving as chief technology officer of Alibaba Group. He is an editor of Communications of the ACM.[1]

Biography

Wang was born in October 1962. He received his bachelor's degree and doctor's degree from Hangzhou University in 1984 and 1990, respectively. After graduating, he joined the faculty of the university and was promoted to professor in 1992. He was director of Department of Psychology between 1994 and 1998. In 1996 he was a visiting professor at New York State University. In 1999 he joined the Microsoft Research Asia. In September 2008 he was offered a position as chief architect of Alibaba Group. In August 2012 he became chief technology officer.[2] In October 2019, Hurun Report listed him as the 1008th richest person in China with an estimated wealth of 4.1 billion yuan.[3]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ Sun Bing (孙冰) (22 November 2019). “阿里云之父”王坚当选院士 花名可能要改了. ceweekly.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ 阿里集团任命王坚为CTO 实施技术发展战略. qq.com (in Chinese). 13 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ 胡润百富榜2019年. sina (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering elected in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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