As a startup CEO, Lei Jun prided himself on outhustling his competitors: 100-hour workweeks were standard. Now that his Xiaomi has quickly emerged as one of the world's most valuable private tech companies, and Lei ranks as the eighth-richest person in China, how has his workload shifted? It hasn't: 100 hours remains his benchmark. Lei is unwilling to slow down if there's even the slightest risk it will jeopardize what he's accomplished. "If I said four years ago I would have done this," says Lei in his Wuhan-accented Mandarin. "I would have had no credibility."
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