Ashley Gorakhpurwalla joins Lenovo to lead its Infrastructure Solutions Business

Lenovo, the global technology powerhouse, has appointed Ashley Gorakhpurwalla to lead the Group’s Infrastructure Solutions Business. He joins Lenovo on November 11^th as Executive Vice President Lenovo, and President of the Infrastructure Solutions Group, as well as serving as a member of the Lenovo Executive Committee, the Group’s leadership team.

Gorakhpurwalla is widely known in the industry and has led several multibillion-dollar revenue infrastructure systems and storage devices businesses for global technology companies. Most notably he served as President and General Manager, Server and Infrastructure Systems at Dell EMC, where he led a US$20 billion business that included the company’s PowerEdge Server, Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Extreme Scale Infrastructure business units, as well as research and development for its storage and Data Protection Platform. His leadership saw him grow the server and storage business to number one globally.

Commenting on the appointment, Yuanqing Yang, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said: “Ashley joins Lenovo at a pivotal moment in our hybrid-AI journey, where the strength and depth of our portfolio, innovation, and ecosystem partnerships are improving the quality of life for individuals and delivering higher productivity for enterprises. With his diverse industry experience, strong engineering background, proven leadership, and success in scaling multibillion-dollar businesses, Ashley is well-positioned to drive profitable growth for the ISG business.”

Gorakhpurwalla added: “I’ve long admired Lenovo’s remarkable growth and leadership in the industry, so as someone deeply passionate about systems, I’m thrilled to return to an organization to work with enterprise customers to help transform their businesses. Leading Lenovo’s infrastructure business in this exciting era of AI presents a tremendous opportunity to build on the company’s strong foundations and accelerate future growth.”

Gorakhpurwalla succeeds Kirk Skaugen who left the business in June 2024.

About Lenovo

Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.