XIAOMI FOUNDER DONATES TO ALMA MATER
Smartphone maker Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun donated 1.3 billion yuan ($183.7 million) to his alma mater Wuhan University on November 29, on the 130th anniversary of the university’s founding. The donation is the highest-ever to a Chinese higher learning institution by an individual contributor.
The funds will support basic research in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature, history and philosophy, as well as scientific and technological innovations in computing science, and the nurture of undergraduates.
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Lei graduated from Wuhan University’s School of Computer Science and Technology in 1991. In 2010, he founded Xiaomi, which is now one of the world’s top five smartphone makers.
Prior to this latest donation, Lei