Interview with and profile of Xu Lei, CEO of JD Retail who is viewed as heir apparent to JD.com, as founder and CEO Richard Liu retreats from the spotlight
- Richard Liu is grooming lieutenant Xu Lei for key roles — The sales and marketing expert shares his thoughts on JD 2.0 Tweets: @pingroma , @pingroma , @business , and @pingroma Tweets: Zheping Huang / @pingroma : JD is the only one among China's top tech cos. whose shares are up by a double-digit % YTD. In 5yrs, JD's main site & app should contribute less than half of the co.'s revenue as consumers gravitate towards other channels both online & offline, Xu says. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingroma : “If you don't obey Xu Lei, that means you don't obey me.” — Richard Liu once told senior execs in an internal meeting Xu says he doesn't like Liu's endorsement but the founder is anxious about transforming JD after a low in 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology @business : Here's how http://jd.com/ withstood the initial shock of Covid-19 and where it plans to go in the future https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingroma : While http://jd.com/'s Richard Liu was battling rape accusations, Xu Lei schmoozed with global biz leaders at Davos without his boss. My exclusive interview with the JD Retail CEO who's viewed as heir apparent to China's No. 2 e-commerce empire: https://www.bloomberg.com/...