Fei‑Fei Li, a leading computer scientist, is cited as an influential voice advising governments and running a major AI startup, illustrating the close ties between academic research leaders and global policy. Bloomberg’s profile traces Li’s trajectory from immigrant student to architect of large-scale image datasets that reshaped computer vision, to a public-facing role advising world leaders and building a billion-dollar company. For research offices and tech-transfer teams, Li’s career is a reminder that leading faculty can bridge academic discovery, entrepreneurship and national policy — and that universities must manage conflicts of interest, IP, and advisory engagements as scholars take prominent advisory roles.