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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danny_Lui > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danny_Lui.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Lui > Source revision: 1323541999 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Hong Kong entrepreneur and venture capitalist}} {{Family name hatnote|[Lui](/source/L%C3%BC_(surname))|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox person | name = Danny Lui | native_name = 呂譚平 | image = Danny Lui.jpg | alt = Danny Lui headshot | caption = Danny Lui | birth_date = {{Birth date |1957|01|07 |df=y}} | birth_place = [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong), [China](/source/China) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|07|01|1957|01|07 |df=y}} | death_place = | education = [Imperial College](/source/Imperial_College) | occupation = [Entrepreneur](/source/Entrepreneur) and [venture capitalist](/source/venture_capitalist) | years_active = | known_for = Co-founding computer company [Lenovo](/source/Lenovo) | notable_works = }} '''Danny Lui''' ({{langx|zh-Hant|呂譚平}}; 7 January 1957 – 1 July 2012) was a [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) [entrepreneur](/source/entrepreneur) and [venture capital](/source/venture_capital)ist.Startup Capital Ventures- In memoriam http://startupcv.com/member/danny-lui/ He is best-known for co-founding [Lenovo](/source/Lenovo). He graduated from [Imperial College](/source/Imperial_College), London with a degree in [Computer Science](/source/Computer_Science) before returning to Hong Kong and winning the Hong Kong Young Industrialist Award in 1992. He also had a network of venture capital companies investing in technology startups on both sides of the [Pacific](/source/Pacific) and maintained working relationships with governments in [China](/source/China) and [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong).[http://www.authosisvc.com/team.htm/ Authosis Ventures] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429014428/http://www.authosisvc.com/team.htm |date=2007-04-29 }} == Early life == Lui was born in January 1957 in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) to a relatively poor working-class family and for the duration of his early life, he began to develop an interest and passion for computers. In the late 1970s, he graduated from [Imperial College](/source/Imperial_College), London with a [Bachelor's Degree](/source/Bachelor's_Degree) in [Computer Science](/source/Computer_Science). == Career == Following his graduation, he worked for a London-based firm building software applications for other companies. In 1982, Danny returned to Hong Kong and started his first business, Daw Computer Systems, Ltd. Seven years later, he teamed up with China Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Computing and co-founded the Legend Holdings, known as [Lenovo](/source/Lenovo) in Hong Kong, which in December 2004 acquired the PC Division of IBM for $1.7 billion. In 1994, Lui led Legend (Lenovo) through a successful [IPO](/source/Initial_public_offering) on the [Hong Kong Stock Exchange](/source/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange) and the company became the largest PC manufacturer in China. Three years later, Lui founded APTG Ventures, his first venture fund focusing on high-tech investments in [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley) and China. The fund has since been received with relative success, having identified star companies with strong exit records and profitable returns through IPOs as well as mergers and acquisitions. In 2000, Lui established his second fund, Authosis which focused on both [Information Technology](/source/Information_Technology) and [semiconductor](/source/semiconductor) industry and invested mainly in early-stage software and [fab](/source/fab_(semiconductors))less [integrated circuit](/source/integrated_circuit) design companies targeting the [internet](/source/internet), [e-commerce](/source/e-commerce), [wireless](/source/wireless) and mobile solutions, [consumer electronics](/source/consumer_electronics), [computing](/source/computing) and communication markets. Five years later in 2005, Lui co-founded a new venture fund, Startup Capital Ventures, with John Dean, former chairman and CEO of [Silicon Valley Bank](/source/Silicon_Valley_Bank), and several other partners. The fund emphasizes on investing early-stage companies in Silicon Valley and China. == Death == Lui died of cancer on 1 July 2012 aged 55. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://startupcv.com/member/danny-lui// Danny Lui - Startup Capital Ventures] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lui, Danny}} Category:Hong Kong businesspeople Category:1957 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Alumni of the Department of Computing, Imperial College London --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Danny Lui](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Lui) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Lui?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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