Liang Jie (; born 11February 1975) is a Chinese technology executive and entrepreneur. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of UCWeb Inc., company profile , BusinessWeek a Chinese mobile Internet and software company he co-founded in 2004. UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in June 2014 in the largest Chinese Internet merger deal ever.Alibaba to buy out UCWeb in China's biggest internet merger , Reuters, June 11, 2014Alibaba Fully Buys Out UCWeb in China's Biggest Internet Deal Ever , Forbes magazine, June 11, 2014 He is also the president of Shenma Inc., a joint venture formed by UCWeb and Alibaba that offers a mobile-centric search service.Alibaba, UCWeb plan mobile-search joint venture , MarketWatch, June 28, 2014
Biography A Guangzhou native, Liang attended the city's South China University of Technology and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 1998. After graduation, he started his career at Asiainfo Technologies' Guangzhou office in role of software engineer working on large scale email system.
In 2004, he co-founded UCWeb with He Xiaopeng, overseeing the company's R&D and technology innovation-related affairs. He led the company's tech team to build a proprietary mobile browser rendering engine U3 kernel.
In April 2014, UCWeb together with Alibaba incorporated a joint venture () Shenma Inc., Liang serving as the president of the new entity.Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search , Forbes, April 28, 2014 He is also an investor in 3 startups incubated in the New Delhi-based Venture Gurukool.
Prizes Zhou Guangzhao Foundation Science & Technology Fund Innovation Award
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