Innovation Works CEO Kai-Fu Lee is diagnosed with cancer

Summary

Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Innovation Works, has been diagnosed with lymph cancer and is currently receiving treatment. The news was confirmed by a company spokesman after Lee posted about his health on Weibo. A prominent figure in the tech industry, Lee previously held roles at SAP, Apple, Microsoft, and Google. He founded Innovation Works in 2009 to support young Chinese entrepreneurs, becoming widely recognized for his mentorship and advice within the startup ecosystem.

Innovation Works CEO Kai-Fu Lee is diagnosed with lymph cancer. He posted one weibo(Chinese version of Tweet) which indicates that his health in a bad condition at 10:17pm on 5 September Beijing time.

 

Later Innovation Works spokesman Zhaohui Wang confirmed this news. And Mr Lee is currently receiving treatment following doctor's instructions.

But now we still don't know how severe it is. Post Mr Lee's weibo, many Chinese netizens expressed their concerns for his health and wished him recover soon.

Kai-Fu Lee was working in SAP, Apple, Microsoft and Google before. After quitting from Google in 2009 , he started Innovation Works, a venture capital company aiming to help Chinese young people who have dreams to start their own start-ups. He is famous for his advice and help to Chinese young people. And now his weibo has over 50 million followers.

God bless him.

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segen
Sep 8, 2013 at 9:39 pm

feel so sorry about that

joker
Sep 10, 2013 at 10:34 am

hope him recover soon