Eric Xu

Eric Xu Yong is a Chinese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as co-founder of Baidu, the largest Chinese search engine.

Dr. Xu is the founder and chairman of Yifang Capital, an investment holding company engaged in venture capital investments and asset management. He also founded family philanthropic organizations including The Xu Family Charitable Foundation Limited, Yifang Foundation, and Zhengyu Education Foundation.

Education Xu earned his B.S and M.S. degrees in biology at Peking University from 1982 to 1989.

A Rockefeller Foundation fellow 1989–1993, Xu obtained PhD degree in biology from Texas A&M University. Xu was also a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley from 1994 to 1996. entrepreneurship in information technology, venture capital and fund management.

Biotechnology Prior to Baidu, Dr. Xu worked at Qiagen, Inc. and Stratagene, Inc, two biotech start-up companies in California in technical support, sales and marketing.

Television Dr. Xu is the producer of the first Chinese TV documentary on Silicon Valley's unique history and culture in 1999. It counts Allele Biotech, AcuraGen, AIC Semiconductor, BravoKids, BioHermes, Immune-Onc, TSM, Yidian, Haizhi, Kuwo, Baihe, etc., as its portfolio companies, among others. YIFANG is also a limited partner of several venture capital and private equity funds, including Sequoia Capital China, Decheng Capital Fund and Dragonfly Fund, among others.