After 15 year career with tech giants like IBM and Alibaba, this gifted farm boy is bringing AI back to China

Min, 41, was born into a farmer’s family in Jinzhai County in eastern China’s Anhui province, and spent his childhood growing up in an area known as 'the cradle of the generals', where 59 of the country’s famous wartime generals were born. — SCMP

After a career with some of the world’s leading tech companies, including eight years at IBM in New York and Singapore, a stint with Google in Silicon Valley, and two years with Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, China, Min Wanli decided to go back to his roots.

In June he resigned as vice-president of Alibaba Cloud to start an investment firm specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for China's traditional industries, including agriculture.