Who owns Lenovo?

My real estate agent was over to my house and saw my new T61. He says, nice notebook, you know they were bought out by some Chinese company about 5 months ago? I said IBM owns Lenovo. He says, no, they were just bought by some Chinese company.

I really don't care, I just want to know how I should have replied.

1. Mike, you're FOS as usual. Or...
2. Really, I didn't know that, how interesting. Or...
3. Yeah, I remember seeing all those Chinese city names when following
it's build, so that's what that meant!


Really, it doesn't matter to me who owns Lenovo but I really thought it was IBM.

 

As of May 31, 2007, 39.6% of Lenovo is owned by public shareholders, 42.4% by Legend Holdings Limited, 7.9% by IBM and 10.1% by Texas Pacific Group, General Atlantic LLC and Newbridge Capital LLC. Because the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Chinese government agency, owns 65% of Legend Holdings, effectively the Chinese government owns about 27.5% of Lenovo and is the largest shareholder.

It is headquartered in Beijing, China

 

Actually it's the other way round. Lenovo owns IBM. And Lenovo is a Chinese company. Actually, more accurately, Lenovo owns IBM's PC division.

 

Quoting for truth and to backup this answer. Lenovo bought the PC Division of IBM, the Lenovo name is on most ThinkPad products sold at this time now.

 

OK, correct answer to Mike should have been:

It's more complicated than that. But I think you're still FOS most of the time.

 

you should have replied:

2. Really, I didn't know that, how interesting

i'm not sure how long ago.. but its more than a year ago i think...

but YES! Lenovo bought IBM PC division (as Andrew said), and now they produced, designed, and engineered thinkpad notebook. as far as i know; the quality of the thinkpad line has not been compromised.

 

So was it ever correct to say IBM bought Lenovo? That was what I'd originally heard when looking for a notebook (which now it seems was after Lenovo bought the IBM PC Division...or whatever). Color me

 

yet.........

 

I thought IBM own lenovo guess it is the other way around

 

From my understanding Lenovo was in charge of thinkpad production even when ibm owned the thinkpad trademark for some time...just a note...

 

Small correction IBM sold their PC Division to Lenovo.

 

My T60 was made after IBM sold to Lenovo. The Computer says IBM on the palm rest but the original AC adapter said Lenovo.

 

No disrespect, but what really is the point of this thread?

 

LENOVO bought over IBM's PC division. LENOVO is a Chinese company. Hence, the Chinese makes Thinkpads. Makes sense?

 

Some like to know where their stuff is coming from, others are just curious about the corporations involved in making their gear. Some may not wish to support the Chinese gov't, however indirectly.

 

FWIW the big names in laptops don't actually build their own laptops. IOW the likes of Apple, Dell, HP, Sony, Toshiba, etc. contract other companies to build laptops for them--most likely Asus, Clevo, Compal, and Quanta--and all of companies are headquartered in Taiwan/China with assembly plants in Taiwan/China.

Cases in point:
Asus builds Apple laptops.
Clevo builds Alienware and Sager laptops.
Compal builds Compaq, Dell, HP, and Toshiba laptops.
Quanta builds Dell and Sony laptops.

This has been going on for years BTW and is nothing new.

So if one's somehow worried about Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's PC division, one might want to give a thought as to who all actually built the laptop one was already using prior to buying a Lenovo.

 

I have a T60 that says IBM ThinkPad on the Cover and Palm rest. I wanted a ThinkPad. I love that mine says IBM. I have Loved the IBM ThinkPad series for years. Now, I have my own personal ThinkPad.

As long as it looks, feels & performs like the IBM ThinkPad of Old, I don't care who owns the Company. The continued Quality Factor, I do care about!!

Got ThinkPad!!

Sircas

 

I understand that. I guess I asked the question because the OP mentioned a number of times how he or she didn't care to know, but then decided to start a thread about it. There is some good information contained in this thread, so I guess I was more-or-less questioning the OP.

 

just about all motherboards..etc.. are made overseas anyways.. cheap labor

 

Buying anything made in China supports the Chinese government, so good luck.

 

And as the official OP of this thread may I direct you to my first post which detailed the conversation I had with my realtor and how I should have answered him knowledgeably and appropriately. Clear enough?

I drive a Honda and a Toyota, my dining room table was made in Vietnam, one of my mountain bikes was assembled in Taiwan. I'm the last guy to worry about globalization or where my shiz comes from. And if I hadn't started this thread how would you know I don't care who owns Lenovo? Makes sense to me.

 

Definitely some truth to that, although there are some companies that do not have actual government ownership, though obviously their gov't like all gov'ts would benefit from taxes. I personally care only a little about such things (didn't stop me from ordering). If I were a Buddhist, especially a Tibetan one, I might feel otherwise.

 

You probably have lots items in your house & Car that was made in China!

 

Speaking of Tibet, it's worth noting that the torch used in the 2008 Olympic torch relay was designed by Lenovo.

 

Lenovo's CEO is an American who used to run Dell's Asia-Pacific operations, and the key engineers of the Thinkpad line are in Yamato, Japan.

 

Whatever you say man. I still think my questioning your motivation is legitimate. If you want to get all bent out of shape about it, then be my guest. I really don't care what car you drive or what you own. Sorry if I offended you or ruined your comfortable life in some way.

I've not ever intentionally come in here trying to upset or disrespect anyone. If fact, if you look at my history, you'll see that I ask questions that I truly feel are legitimate. You've even answered some of my questions for me in the past, so again, you can get all defensive if you'd like, but I meant no harm.