"From a Dorm Room Dream to a Tech Empire: The Story of Xiaomi's Lei Jun" In the late 1980s, a young Chinese student named Lei Jun walked into his university dorm room with a simple goal: to build something that would change the world. He wasn’t born into wealth. He didn’t study abroad. He didn’t have Silicon Valley backing. What he did have was relentless curiosity, a deep love for technology—and the belief that China could build world-class products. After graduating from Wuhan University, Lei