Lenovo is IBM !!

COMPANY HISTORY 

Lenovo combines two pioneering technology companies – Lenovo and IBM – into an innovation leader. 

• 1981 

          IBM PCD introduces its first personal computer, the IBM PC 

• 1984 

With an initial capital outlay of only RMB200,000, (US$25,000) Lenovo’s founding chairman Liu Chuanzhi, together with 10 like-minded colleagues, launches the New Technology Developer Inc. (the predecessor of the Legend Group) funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

Lenovo has operations in more than 60 countries and sells its products in around 160 countries. Lenovo’s principal facilities are in Beijing and Morrisville, with research centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu, Nanjing, and Wuhan in China, Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and Morrisville in the U.S. It also has a joint venture with NEC, Lenovo NEC Holdings, which produces personal computers for the Japanese market. 

Lenovo was founded in Beijing in November 1984 as Legend and was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988. Lenovo acquired IBM‘s personal computer business in 2005 and agreed to acquire its Intel-based server business in 2014. Lenovo entered the smartphone market in 2012 and as of 2014 was the largest vendor of smartphones in Mainland China. In 2014, Lenovo acquired the mobile phone handset maker Motorola Mobility from Google. 

Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index, often referred to as “Red Chips“ 

Lenovo have combined their respective expertise in software and hardware to bring you one of the hottest eSports titles on stylishly savage gaming PCs. Lenovo is the proud PC partner of Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six®: Siege Pro League and Majors competitive eSports series. Both partners are dedicated to offering their gaming communities an unforgettably immersive experience. 

At Lenovo, innovation isn’t just what we do, it’s part of our DNA. It doesn’t just make us who we are, it flows through everything we do—from the smartphone in your pocket and light bulbs in your smart home to the servers in your data center. And beyond. 

Lenovo is dedicated to transforming our customers’ experience with technology—and how it, and they, interact with the world around us. We call this Intelligent Transformation. It’s  setting the stage for what’s possible with technology shaped by Augmented Intelligence, capable of enhancing and elevating human capability. 

Lenovo has a proven history of results with $43B in revenue, hundreds of millions of customers, and four devices sold per second. 

At Lenovo, our vision is that we will create personal devices more people are inspired to own, a culture where more people aspire to join, and an enduring, trusted business that is well respected around the world.