[assafs]

What about Lenovo?

There is quite a non-trivial number of Chinese firms that have managed to do so, but admittedly not in the consumer space.

[rahimnathwani]

Lenovo didn't do it from scratch. Lenovo bought IBM's PC business.

[vidarh]

Lenovo had a quite well known brand before they bought IBM's PC business. It was what made them enough money to buy IBM's PC business.