Lenovo kicked off in a Beijing guardhouse back in the '80s as Legend, a scrappy outfit founded by a team of Chinese Academy of Sciences engineers with a tiny investment that turned into a tech empire. They crank out everything from laptops and desktops to servers, smartphones, and tablets, dominating the PC market after snagging IBM's personal computing division. What's cool is how this state-backed startup morphed into a global giant, blending Eastern innovation with Western acquisitions like Motorola, all while pushing boundaries in AI, edge computing, and sustainable tech.
These laptop lords lean into wokeness with DEI strategies that amp up diversity in leadership, because apparently their computers need a rainbow filter. They've got hefty ESG commitments to net-zero dreams and circular economies, vocal LGBTQ allyship through Pride benchmarks and equality indexes, and racial equity pushes.
