Robert Chu

General Manager of Apollo Self Driving, Baidu Corporate Vice President & Member of Baidu’s Executive Management Team
Baidu Inc.

Mr. Robert Chu joined Baidu in 2019 as Corporate Vice President and also member of Baidu’s Executive Management Team. Rob is currently leading Baidu’s Apollo Self Driving business and was responsible for incubating and growing Baidu’s ToB SaaS business.

Before joining Baidu in late 2019, Rob served as Senior Vice President at SAP SE. He was responsible for the global development of SAP’s core ERP solution (S/4HANA) and also led SAP’s global SMB business before.

As a seasoned software and cloud development executive with 20+ years of experience, Rob has accumulated proven track record of leading large global development organization to innovate and deliver business value to customers and extensive international management experience. Rob earned a joint EMBA degree from UC Berkeley and Columbia University.