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Huawei

ACTIVE
Big TechChip makerHardware vendorCloud provider
HUAWEI华为Huawei Technologies

Huawei is a Chinese multinational technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, also active in consumer electronics, semiconductors, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

Founded1987China
HQShenzhenChina
01 · About

Huawei

Founded 1987 · Shenzhen, China

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology company founded in 1987 in Shenzhen by Ren Zhengfei. The company began by manufacturing telephone switches and later expanded into building telecommunications network infrastructure across more than 170 countries. In 2012 it overtook Ericsson to become the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Its main business areas span telecom and networking equipment, consumer electronics, semiconductors, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Huawei remains a privately held company that is not publicly listed, with Huawei Investment & Holding as its parent entity. In 2024 the company employed about 208,000 people. Since 2019 Huawei has been subject to sanctions and trade restrictions from the United States and several other countries citing national security concerns.

  • Ren Zhengfei

    Founder and CEO

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

3 areas · 2 industries
What they do3Areas
  • AI hardware
  • Cloud AI
  • AI infrastructure
Who for2Industries
  • Telecommunications
  • Software & Technology
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Shenzhen · 1 offices · 3 regions
GlobalChinaAsia
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 1987
1987founded
approx. 208,000 employees (2024)employees
Privatenot listed
activestatus
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

3 classification · 3 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeBig Tech+ Chip maker, + Hardware vendor, + Cloud provider
08 · Related content

Articles

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