Today CRN®, one of the most trusted global news sources for the IT channel, named Lenovo’s Chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang, SVP and President of Lenovo North America Ryan McCurdy, and VP of North America Channel Sales Rob Cato to its top 100 Executives list for 2025. This annual ranking highlights passionate and outstanding leaders in the technology industry who are committed to driving IT channel growth through ongoing innovation and strategic, channel-focused initiatives.
Yang was recognized on the distinguished list of 25 most influential executives. He was highlighted for guiding Lenovo through an uncertain business market to achieve one of its best financial years in history, reaching $69 billion in revenue and growth across all business groups.
Additionally, CRN gave a nod to McCurdy as an industry innovator for his role in Lenovo North America achieving record market share in PC and increasing revenue and profits across Lenovo’s smartphone, infrastructure, solutions, and services business groups. Cato was named to the list of top Channel sales leaders for his leadership in increasing the percentage of partners selling across Lenovo’s portfolio, with a particular focus on the data center and services businesses.
The CRN 2025 Top 100 Executives list honors the achievements of executives across four categories: the 25 Most Influential Executives, Top 25 Channel Sales Leaders, Top 25 Innovators, and Top 25 Channel Disrupters. These visionary leaders leverage their distinct strengths to propel the channel forward and shape the industry’s direction.
Read the full list of CRN’s most influential Executives of 2025 here.
About Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$69 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.