Richard Liu Qiangdong is the originator and CEO of JD.com, the biggest eCommerce platform in China. Qiangdong rose to popularity in the business world after trying his luck from humble beginnings to what he is today. Under Quiangdong’s visionary initiative, JD.com is presently worth $57.6 billion, with just around 15 years in business. According to Forbes, Richard Liu Qiangdong is valued at $11 billion.

Liu Qiangdong is an independent billionaire who started his journey from small grounds to global recognition. In 1996, he joined the University of China and invested the vast of his energy doing coding as a freelancer. With little details given about him, the programming offered him the necessary aptitudes to steer his future business to unbelievable levels.

Quiangdong never ventured into the business directly but chose to engage more in studies. He sharpened his business skills more after enrolling in the China Europe International Business School, where he pursued EMBA. Following graduation, Qiangdong joined Japan Life, an organization that managed health substances. For the two years that he spent in the firm, he served various crucial tasks that significantly shaped his entrepreneur journey.

In Japan Life, he served as the Director for Business and Director for Computers. Outfitted with advanced PC aptitudes and experience in business management, in 1998, Qiangdong wandered into the field of business. He started the journey by opening a shop by the name Jingdong whereby his business traded in magneto-optical items in Beijing.

Qiangdong’s well-deserved abilities didn’t play him a stunt, and in just five years, his single shop had increased to 12 stores crosswise over Beijing. Sadly, the flare-up of the SARS pandemic hit to blasting business. Being an influential business person, Richard Qiangdong didn’t surrender. In an odd event twist, the downturn became an eye-opener. That’s when he decided to start an online-based business, currently the JD.com.

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