Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the company, was a former officer in the People’s Liberation Army. He continues to run the company today.

In addition, all staff, including expats and locals, have to adhere to the company’s “wolf culture” promoted by founder Ren Zhengfei, who draws from his background in the Chinese military.

During his stay in China, the Belgian King visited Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen and met with CEO Ren Zhengfei. On Nov. 12, 2015 the first Huawei customer service store with integrated service and sales opened its doors in Brussels.

Huawei founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei said Huawei has taken a harder-than-expected hit from the U.S. ban.

CEO Ren Zhengfei said in a statement published on the Huawei website, “Huawei has been actively tackling the challenges of cybersecurity through partnerships with governments, customers, and partners in an open and transparent manner.”

Huawei was founded by Ren Zhengfei, a former soldier in the Chinese military, and is the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker and the second largest mobile phone maker.

The state-run Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press in China published the book, “Ren Zhengfei’s Biography” in 2010, which shows Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei, is also a former officer with the People’s Liberation Army.

Huawei has extensive ties to the Chinese military, as its founder, Ren Zhengfei, was former director of an information engineering department within the PLA.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei's billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei, remains free on bail in Canada, and has been living in a mansion in Vancouver's exclusive Shaughnessy neighborhood.

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei (C) gestures as he attends a panel discussion on technology, markets and enterprise in Shenzhen on June 17, 2019.

Meng, 47, is the daughter of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's billionaire founder, Ren Zhengfei.

Huawei has repeatedly stated that the company is jointly owned by Ren Zhengfei, the founder, who has 1.14 percent of the shares, and the 100,000 or so employees who own the rest.

In February this year, Huawei’s Chairman Ren Zhengfei vowed to "survive without cell phones," and launched the "Nanniwan" projects to save itself. 

Meng, who is the daughter of Huawei's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada in December and is fighting extradition to the United States.

Although Huawei claims it has no ties with the Chinese regime, the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, was an officer at China’s Ministry of Security, the country’s top espionage agency.

- Despite that, Ren Zhengfei, a former military officer, founded Huawei in 1987 with a meager 21,000 yuan (about $5,000 at the time) and was able to import sensitive equipment. Sanctions forbade Huawei from importing complete sets of equipment.

Since its founding in 1987 by former People’s Liberation Army engineer Ren Zhengfei, Huawei has grown to become the world’s top provider of telecom equipment, with over $100 billion in revenue and 180,000 global employees.

Because Ren Zhengfei married into the family of his first wife, Wanzhou’s mother Meng Jun, their two children took their mother’s surname. She was born in 1972, when China was in the throes of the Cultural Revolution.

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada in December at the request of the United States on charges of bank and wire fraud in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran.

HONG KONG—China's Huawei Technologies has taken a harder-than-expected hit from a U.S. ban, the company's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said, and slashed revenue expectations for the year.

Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former engineer in China's People's Liberation Army.

The Chinese company's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, 47, the daughter of Huawei’s billionaire founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at Vancouver’s airport in December on a U.S. warrant on charges that she conspired to defraud global banks about Huawei’s relationship

Huawei President Ren Zhengfei (R) shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping around the tech firm's offices in London on Oct. 21, 2015.

Huawei told Reuters earlier on Wednesday that founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei had said Trump's statements over the weekend were "good for American companies." "Huawei is also willing to continue to buy products from American companies.

Handelsblatt quoted Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei as saying his company had never received a request from a government to transmit information in violation of any regulations.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in a rare interview that his company had never received a request from a government to transmit information in violation of any regulations.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day, who is on the executive board of the Canada China Business Council, has praised Huawei and its founder Ren Zhengfei, a former officer in China’s People’s Liberation Army, and argued that Canada shouldn

The company’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has said before that the company had ambitions to become the world’s number one smartphone maker by 2020.  But the U.S. sanctions put a damper on its plans.

Meng, who is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was charged by U.S. prosecutors with conspiracy and fraud in connection with violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran. The U.S. government is currently seeking her extradition.

In the most serious move, Meng Wanzhou, its finance chief and daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran.