Turmoil at Top Chinese Tech Firm Baidu as Senior Execs Leave

Baidu co-founder and CEO Robin Li speaks on stage at the annual Baidu World Technology Conference in Beijing on November 1, 2018. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images

Robin Li Yanhong, founder and CEO of China’s most popular search engine Baidu, recently left his position as executive director of Baidu Cloud Computing Technology, just as nine other Baidu senior executives left the company, drawing investor concerns about the future of the firm.

Baidu stated on Oct. 8 that the changes were part of the company’s normal operations.