Huawei's CEO says successor won't be from family, no listing plans yet

By Lee Chyen Yee HONG KONG (Reuters) - The next CEO of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will not be a family member of the incumbent chief, Ren Zhengfei, an ex-military officer who founded the company 26 years ago and built an empire that now rivals big global names in telecom gear and handsets. Huawei, which ranks behind just Sweden's Ericsson in telecom equipment sales and is also the world's No.5 smartphone maker, has no plans to list in the next 5-10 years, Ren said an internal letter to employees dated Sunday and whose contents were confirmed by two sources within the company on Monday. ...

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