Lenovos

Lenovo Group Limited, commonly referred to as Lenovo, is a Chinese multinational technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells computers, smartphones, servers, storage products, and IT services. Headquartered in Beijing, China, it operates globally and is one of the world's largest PC makers by shipments.

Founded in 1984 as Legend by Liu Chuanzhi and colleagues, the company adopted the Lenovo name in 2003. In 2005 it acquired IBM's Personal Computer Division, gaining the ThinkPad and ThinkCentre brands and expanding its global market reach. It broadened into mobile devices with the Motorola Mobility acquisition in 2014 and expanded its data center portfolio by acquiring IBM's x86 server business around the same period.

Lenovo's brand portfolio includes ThinkPad and ThinkCentre for business devices; IdeaPad, Yoga, and Legion for consumer devices and gaming; and Moto for mobile phones. In data centers it offers ThinkSystem servers, ThinkAgile solutions, storage products, and accompanying software and services.

In market terms, Lenovo has been a leading PC vendor for years while pursuing growth in mobile devices and data centers to diversify revenue. It maintains manufacturing and R&D facilities across Asia, Europe, and the Americas and invests in AI, cloud, and edge computing, along with sustainability initiatives and governance practices.