Ya-Qin Zhang

Ya-Qin Zhang (; born in 1966) is a Chinese-American scientist, technologist and business executive. He is currently a Chair Professor at Tsinghua University and the founding Dean of the Tsinghua institute for AI Industry Research (AIR).

Zhang was President of Baidu Inc.(NASDAQ:BIDU) from September 2014 to October 2019. He was previously a key executive of Microsoft for 16 years, including Corporate Vice President for mobile and embedded Products in Redmond, Washington, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, and Chairman of Microsoft China. Provided by Wikipedia