In the contemporary world Lenovo is considered as the fourth largest manufacturer of personal computers in the world. It is also the largest producer of the brand in entire Asia Pacific region. The word Lenovo is the congregate of "Le-" (from Legend) and "novo", pseudo-Latin for "new." it has become a leading company in producing brands which include desktop, laptop, servers, handheld computers, imaging equipment and mobile phone handsets. The company also provides the integration of Information technology and support services. The QDI unit of Lenovo offers Internet access by using a portal FM365.com.
Lenovo has its headquarters located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, and in Beijing, China with main office in Hong Kong. The Chinese government effectively owns a leading part of the company which is about 27.5% of Lenovo and is the largest shareholder. The other owners include 39.6% of Lenovo owned by public shareholders, 42.4% by Legend Holdings Limited, 7.9% by IBM and 10.1% by Texas Pacific Group. The Chinese government agency owns about 65% of legend holdings and is also the largest shareholder.
Lenovo was founded in the year 1984 by a group of eleven engineers the founding of this company was headed by Liu Chuanzhi, in Beijing. In its initial days the company was recognized with the name Legend Group Ltd and New Technology Developer Incorporated in Hong Kong in the year 1988. At present the company has become the biggest PC manufacturer of domestic and distributed third party products through its wholesale business.
The major products manufactured by Lenovo include the following:
ThinkPad laptops and tablets
ThinkCentre desktops
Lenovo 3000 J Series desktops
Lenovo 3000 C, N and V Series laptops
ThinkVision projectors
LCD and CRT monitors
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The company also sponsors different brands. It has been actively sponsoring world sporting events in the recent years. In 2007, Lenovo sponsored the Formula One team WilliamsF1 and in 2006, the National Basketball Association.
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