Ren Zhengfei (Chinese: 任正非; pinyin: Rén Zhèngfēi; born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Shenzhen-based Huawei, the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest manufacturer of smartphones. As of February 2019, he had a net worth of US$1.7 billion.[2]