Duan Yongping (Chinese: 段永平; pinyin: Duàn Yǒngpíng; born 1961) is a Chinese-American billionaire entrepreneur and electrical engineer.
[1] Born on 10 March 1961 in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, Duan entered Zhejiang University in 1978, majoring in wireless electronics engineering.
After graduation, he became a teacher at the adult education center of the Beijing Radio Tube Factory (now BOE Technology).
[1] On 28 August 1995, Duan resigned from Subor, and founded BBK Electronics Industrial Group in Dongguan, Guangdong Province.
Together with William Ding Lei, Duan donated US$40 million to Zhejiang University in September 2006.