丁磊 (Dīng Lěi) · Ding Lei / William Ding

Meanings

1 Ding Lei / William Ding
2 founder and CEO of NetEase (网易)

About Ding Lei

born 1971 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Founder and head of the internet company 网易 (NetEase), known for its email service, online games and the music app 网易云音乐. In 2003 he topped China's rich list; he later started a high-tech pig farm.

Characters

pile of stones; frank

Examples

HSK 6

丁磊还投资过养猪项目。

Dīng Lěi hái tóuzī guo yǎngzhū xiàngmù.

Ding Lei has also invested in pig farming.

HSK 7-9

丁磊是网易的创始人。

Dīng Lěi shì Wǎngyì de chuàngshǐrén.

Ding Lei is the founder of NetEase.

Tips

usage

网易 copies its English name NetEase: 网 'net' plus 易 'easy'. The netease domain was taken in 1997, so he registered short number domains such as 163.com, still the address of NetEase Mail, and bought the netease name only in 1999.

memory

Netizens call him 丁三石, 'Ding Three-Stones', because 磊 is built from three 石 'stone'. Outside names, 磊 turns up mostly in 光明磊落, 'open and aboveboard'.