Ding Lei

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is 丁 (Ding).

Ding Lei (Chinese: 丁磊; pinyin: Dīng Lěi; born October, 1971), is the founder and CEO of NetEase. He made significant contributions to the development of computer networks in mainland China.

Ding Lei, also known as William Ding, was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from Chengdu College of Electronic Science and Technology (now University of Electronic Science and Technology of China) and obtained a Bachelor's degree.

After graduation he first worked in a local government department in Ningbo as an engineer, and then he went to Guangzhou and worked for Sybase there. He founded NetEase and became the richest individual in Chinese mainland in the year of 2003 (7.6 billion yuan). According to Forbes as of 2007, his net worth is estimated to be US $1.1 billion.^[1]