Xiaomi prommotes India head Manu Kumar Jain as global vice president

NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has promoted its India head Manu Kumar Jain to a global role as its vice president.

“Under Manu's leadership our operations in India expanded from just a small team, into India's second largest smartphone vendor in the country with 10.7 percent market share, and the number one selling smartphone brand online with 29.3 percent market share in Q4CY16, as per IDC! Manu, congratulations from the entire Xiaomi family on your promotion to Vice President of Xiaomi,” Xiaomi said in a Facebook post.

Jain will also be managing director, Xiaomi India.

Xiaomi crossed the $1 billion revenue mark in India last year.