Our History

1980s

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  • 1981
    • IBM PCD introduces its first personal computer, the IBM PC.
  • 1984
    • IBM PCD introduces its first portable computer, the IBM Portable PC, weighing 30 pounds.
    • Liu Chuanzhi launches the New Technology Developer Inc. with 10 colleagues, RMB200,000 (US$25,000), and funds from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • 1986
    • IBM PCD announces its first laptop computer, the PC Convertible, weighing 12 pounds.
  • 1988
    • Legend's Chinese-character card receives the highest National Science-Technology Progress Award in China.
    • Legend Hong Kong is established.

1990s

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  • 1990
    • Legend launches its first PC, completing shift to producer of own computers.
  • 1992
    • IBM PCD introduces ThinkPad, the industry's first notebook with a 10.4 inch color Thin Film Transistor (TFT) display and a TrackPoint (red ball) pointing device.
  • 1993
    • Legend enters the Pentium era, producing China's first "586" PC.
  • 1994
    • IBM PCD introduces the industry's first notebook with integrated CD-ROM, the ThinkPad 755CD.
  • 1995
    • Legend introduces its first server.
  • 1996
    • Legend becomes the market share leader in China for the first time.
    • Legend introduces its first laptop.
  • 1997
    • IBM PCD introduces the industry's first notebook equipped with a DVD-ROM, the ThinkPad 770.
  • 1998
    • The millionth Legend PC comes off the production line and is given to the Intel Chairman, Andy Grove, for Intel's museum collection.
  • 1999
    • Legend becomes the top PC vendor in the Asia-Pacific region.

2000s

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  • 2000
    • IBM PCD ships its 10-millionth ThinkPad notebook PC.
    • Legend becomes a constituent stock of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index.
  • 2001
    • An IBM notebook with an embedded security chip becomes the first notebook to be certified by The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, an industry body setting data security standards, certifies.
    • Legend appoints Yuanqing Yang President and CEO.
  • 2002
    • Legend launches DeepComp 1800, China's first computer with 1,000 floating point operations per second, China's fastest computer for civilian use, and #43 among the world's fastest computers.
  • 2003
    • Legend announces the birth of its new "Lenovo" logo to prepare for its expansion into the overseas market.
  • 2004
    • IBM PCD introduces the first notebook with an integrated fingerprint reader.
    • IBM PCD ships its 100-millionth PC (counting both desktop and notebook computers).
    • Lenovo becomes an Olympic worldwide partner and the first Chinese company to become a computer technology equipment partner of the IOC.
    • Lenovo and IBM announce an agreement by which Lenovo will acquire IBM's Personal Computing Division.
  • 2005
    • Lenovo completes the acquisition of IBM's Personal Computing Division, making it the third-largest personal computer company in the world. 
    • William J. Amelio is appointed as CEO and President of Lenovo. 
  • 2006
    • Lenovo technology supports the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, supplying 5,000 desktop PCs, 350 servers, and 1,000 notebook computers.
  • 2007
    • The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games selects a Lenovo-designed Olympic Torch as the winning design from among 300 entries.
  • 2008
    • Lenovo enters the worldwide consumer PC market with its new Idea brand.
    • BusinessWeek magazine calls Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 "the best laptop ever".
    • As the worldwide computing equipment partner, Lenovo provides the technology backbone for the Beijing Olympic Games.
  • 2009
    • Yuanqing Yang returns as CEO and President of Lenovo, and company founder Liu Chuanzhi returns as Chairman of the Board.
    • Lenovo becomes senior technology sponsor for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
    • Lenovo sells its one-millionth Idea product.

2010s

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  • 2010
    • Lenovo introduces LePhone, its first smartphone.
    • Lenovo sells its 60 - millionth ThinkPad.
  • 2011
    • Lenovo forms its new Mobile Internet Digital Home business unit to focus on consumer internet-centric devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and smart TVs.
    • Lenovo forms a joint venture with NEC, creating the largest PC company in Japan.
    • Lenovo acquires Medion, a PC and consumer electronics company based in Germany.
    • Lenovo names Yuanqing Yang Chairman of the Board, in addition to his role as CEO.
  • 2012
    • Lenovo acquires Stoneware, a software firm focused on cloud computing.
    • Lenovo sells its 75 - millionth ThinkPad.
  • 2013
    • Lenovo becomes the world's #1 PC company.
    • Lenovo reaches #329 in the Fortune 500 list of the world's largest companies.
    • Lenovo becomes the world's #3 smartphone company.
  • 2014
    • Lenovo announces it will acquire the System x server business from IBM and, eight days later, that it will acquire Motorola Mobility from Google.
    • Lenovo reaches #286 on the Fortune 500 list.
    • Lenovo finalizes the purchase of System x and Motorola Mobility, making Lenovo #3 worldwide in both servers and smartphones.
  • 2015
    • Lenovo sells its 100-millionth ThinkPad.
    • ShenQi, Lenovo’s new internet-based smart device business unit, releases its first product, the Zuk smartphone.
    • Lenovo hosts Tech World in Beijing, an event that sets the vision for the future ecosystem of connected devices.
    • Lenovo reaches #231 in the Fortune 500 list.
    • Interbrand lists Lenovo among the top 100 global brands.
    • Boston Consulting Group ranks Lenovo among the top 50 most innovative companies worldwide.
  • 2016
    • Lenovo expands partnership with SAP to develop agile cloud solutions.
    • Lenovo partners with Nutanix to bring invisible infrastructure to data centers around the world.
    • Lenovo collaborates with Google to develop the world's first mobile device with 3D motion tracking and depth sensing.