Xu Lei responded to retiring from JD.com: please bless me and all the people.
CTOnews.com May 11 news, JD.com announced today that Xu Lei, former CEO of JD.com Group, submitted his retirement application for personal reasons, which was approved by the group's board of directors and respected and agreed to Xu Lei's retirement application. CFO Xu ran will replace him as the new CEO of JD.com Group, and JD.com Logistics Group CFO Shan Shan (Smits) will be promoted to JD.com Group CFO.
According to China Finance and Economics, Xu Lei wrote in his moments this evening: thank you, please bless me, and bless all the people. And accompanied by the song "It's My Life". The song, sung by the American rock band Bon Jovi, says: My heart is like an open highway (my heart is like speeding on the road), I did it my way (I go my own way), I just want to live while I'm alive (I just want to live while I'm alive), It's my life (this is my life).
It is reported that Xu ran joined JD.com Group in July 2018 and has successively served as the financial director of JD.com Retail Group and the CFO of JD.com Group. After retirement, Xu Lei, as the first chairman of the Advisory Committee of JD.com Group, will continue to participate in the strategic, organizational and business management and project work of JD.com Group, contributing to the high-quality development of JD.com Group.
JD.com said that in the future, Liu Qiangdong will focus on long-term strategic design and deployment of major strategic decisions, training of young leading talents, and rural revitalization. Xu ran will lead the management to deepen the group strategy, implement JD.com 's business philosophy with cost, efficiency, products, price and service as the core, and adhere to the principle and values of putting the first customer first. Create greater value for customers, industries and society.
CTOnews.com noted that Xu Lei became CEO of JD.com Group on April 7, 2022, more than a year after his retirement. Some industry insiders said that Xu Lei's tenure in JD.com coincided with the rapid growth of JD.com for more than a decade, and the relationship between Xu Lei and JD.com was a process of mutual achievement.
