former google executive hugo barra intends to change that. born and raised in brazil, he left a top job as the facebook android to take xiaomi global. joining me, xiaomi vice president of global operations, hugo barra. so great to have you here. hugo: my pleasure. emily: how is your chinese? hugo: coming along slowly. maybe next time, we can do it. emily: i will hold you to that. i understand they call you tiger brother. how did you get that name? hugo: our ceo, a social media rockstar, superstar did a simple post and said hey guys, hugo barra is joining us from google, we have to give him a name. people went crazy. everybody started suggesting names. i had no say in it. you are tiger brother. emily: when are you going to start selling phones in the united states? hugo: i would tell you if i knew. but i don't. we don't have a set date yet. selling phones is a big step up. it is a huge marketing undertaking. you know, building a smartphone brand. operationally it is complicated. you have to have after sales set up, customer support set up, cus

emily: hugo barra, thank you for joining us.to have you. ♪ ♪ emily: he has been dubbed the "venture cowboy," not just for his signature shirts, but also for his brash, freewheeling way of doing things. along with bets on uber and instagram, he also wrote a $25,000 check to buy a piece of twitter. he amassed so many outside shares, he was the biggest outside investor by the time of the ipo. he recently made news by outlining his vision for the future of twitter, addressing the possibility that twitter sells to a bigger company like google or facebook. i sat down with lowercase capital'

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hugo barra intends to change that. xiaomi a top job to take global. joining me now, hugo barra. so great to have you here. hugo: my pleasure. emily: how is the chinese? hugo: it is coming along slowly. come and two years from now. it is a hard language. emily: i understand they call you tiger brother. , a superstar in china did a simple post and said hugo is joining us from google. we have to give him him name. i had no say in it. either way, you are tiger brother. hugo: when are you going -- emily: when are you when to start selling phones in the u.s.? hugo: we don't have a set date. it is a huge undertaking. you have to have after sales service set up. it takes a huge amount of work plus localizing the hardware. we are not quite ready yet. emily: are you saying you will? hugo: we will someday. it will take having a team, a sizable team to manage the process operationally, ongoing engineering help and so on. emily: months away? years away? hugo: no less than a year away. blocked inle is china. is there a way forward? hugo: i don't know. it is a tricky issue. i don't think it is

former google executive hugo barra intends to change that.raised in brazil, he left a top job as the public face of android to take xiaomi global. joining me today on "studio 1.0," xiaomi vice president of global operations, hugo barra. hugo: hi, emily, how are you? emily: it's so great to have you

former google executive hugo barra intends to change that.d raised in brazil, he left a top job as the facebook android to take xiaomi global. joining me, xiaomi vice president of global operations, hugo barra.

hugo barra intends to change that. xiaomi a top job to take global. joining me now, hugo barra

former google executive hugo barra intends to change that.n brazil, he left a top job as the public face of android to take xiaomi global. joining me today on "studio 1.0," is xiaomi vice president of global operations, hugo barra.

former google executive hugo barra intends to change that.raised in brazil, he left a top job as the public face of android to take xiaomi global. joining me today on "studio 1.