Lenovo

Lenovo is best known for computers - ThinkPad laptops, Legion gaming machines, servers and workstations - and is one of the largest PC makers in the world. Its phone business runs under the Motorola name.

Both of those came from acquisitions that looked risky at the time and did not turn out that way. In 2005 it bought IBM's personal computer division, and with it ThinkPad, a brand with a devoted following that most observers expected a Chinese buyer to dilute. In 2014 it bought Motorola Mobility from Google for USD 2.91 billion, and Motorola has kept going since, including as the maker that brought the razr name back on a folding phone.

The company was founded on 1 November 1984 in Beijing by Liu Chuanzhi and a group of engineers. It is worth being clear about one thing: Motorola Mobility is not Motorola Solutions. The original Motorola split in 2011, the phone half went to Google and then to Lenovo, and the radio and public safety business remains a separate American company with no connection to this listing.

Who owns Lenovo? Lenovo Group is a public company listed in Hong Kong. Its investor relations site shows that, as of 31 March 2026, Legend Holdings Corporation held 32.04% of its shares and Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo's chairman and chief executive, held 6.15%. Other directors held 0.76%, and the remaining 61.05% was spread among other shareholders.

What does Lenovo own? ThinkPad, which came from IBM; the Legion gaming and Yoga ranges; Motorola phones, which came from Google; and its server and workstation business. Motorola, ThinkPad and Lenovo Legion and Yoga each have their own page on Brandligo.