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Carl Pei
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Carl Pei

Entrepreneur · OnePlus · born September 11, 1989

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Carl Pei Yu is a Swedish entrepreneur. He co-founded OnePlus along with Pete Lau in 2013 and was the director of OnePlus Global. He left the firm in October 2020 and founded Nothing, where he is CEO.

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  1. 24Founded OnePlusDecember 17, 2013
  2. ~31Became CEO of Nothing Technology Ltd.2020
  3. 31Founded Nothing Technology Ltd.October 29, 2020

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