JD.com, which stands for Jingdong, has its origins in Beijing, China, in the 1990s. Richard Liu was an undergraduate student at Beijing’s China University of Geosciences, where he studied geological engineering. As a student, he worked at a bookstore and discovered that many purchased books online paid in cash. Liu then opened his online bookstore… Continue reading
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Richard Liu – China’s Serial Entrepreneur
Richard Liu has been dubbed a “serial entrepreneur” due to his success in growing his cloud-based e-commerce platform from an idea to a multi-billion-dollar business. In addition to his work at JD.com, Liu is also involved in philanthropic activities. Liu started his career at a Chinese e-commerce company. He left the company in 2004 to… Continue reading