Duan Yongping

Duan Yongping (March 10, 1961 -), Chinese-American entrepreneur and investor, founder and former president of BBK Electronics. Duan Yongping was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. He had Chinese nationality from 1961 to 2001, and later immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American. As the founder of BBK Electronics, Duan has indirectly become the founder of a series of influential smartphone companies in mainland China and around the world, including OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, realme and iQOO. For this reason, the leading brands are called BBK series by some media.