罗永浩

羅永浩

luóyǒnghào

popculture

Meanings

1 Luo Yonghao
2 Chinese entrepreneur, tech livestream host (b. 1972)

Characters

forever; eternal

Examples

罗永浩以前是英语老师。

Luó Yǒnghào yǐqián shì Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.

Luo Yonghao used to be an English teacher.

他靠直播还清了锤子科技的债。

Tā kào zhíbō huán qīng le Chuízi Kējì de zhài.

He paid off Smartisan's debts through livestream sales.

老罗的直播风格很有个人特色。

Lǎo Luó de zhíbō fēnggé hěn yǒu gèrén tèsè.

Lao Luo's livestream style is very distinctive.

Tips

culture

One of China's best-known serial entrepreneurs. Career arc: New Oriental English teacher → founded Bullet Messenger / Smartisan Technology (锤子科技) smartphones (2012-2019) → after Smartisan collapsed with ~600M yuan in debts, pivoted to livestream e-commerce in 2020 on Douyin, famously declaring he'd repay every creditor. Now runs the 交个朋友 (Make a Friend) MCN.

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Widely called 老罗 (Lǎo Luó, 'Old Luo'); this is friendly/admiring rather than formal.

In Pop Culture

锤子科技 Chuízi Kējì

Smartisan Technology

Chinese smartphone maker Luo founded in 2012; known for distinctive industrial design but chronically unprofitable, wound down around 2019.

交个朋友 Jiāo Ge Péngyou

Make a Friend

Luo's livestream e-commerce company launched 2020 on Douyin, one of the most successful MCN brands in China.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

永 yǒng

浩 hào