JD.com’s founder Richard Liu hands over chief executive’s role to Xu Lei, becoming the latest Chinese tech billionaire to step back

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has appointed a new CEO to succeed founder Richard Liu Qiangdong, in the latest example of a tech billionaire retreating from daily operations in the wake of a regulatory crackdown.

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