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Tech Insider: JD.com Founder Hands Off CEO Title, Huawei’s Battery Bet

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JD.com founder Richard Liu steps down as CEO

JD.com Inc. said on Thursday that its billionaire founder had handed off his CEO title to President Xu Lei, joining a slew of tech tycoons who have relinquished top management responsibilities at the companies they started.

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