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| | | | | Yunfan
Zhou | | Yunfan
Zhou, one of our founders, has served as the chairman of the board of directors
of our company and our chief executive officer since our inception in May 2002.
Prior to establishing our company, Mr. Zhou served as vice president, executive
vice president and general manager of Sohu.com Inc., an Internet portal company,
from October 2000 to March 2002. In June 1999, Mr. Zhou co-founded ChinaRen Inc.,
an Internet portal and community company, and served as chief operating officer
and general manager until October 2000, when ChinaRen Inc. merged into Sohu.com
Inc. Mr. Zhou holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford
University and a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University. | |
| | | | Nick
Yang | | Nick
Yang, one of our founders, has served as president, director and chief technology
officer of our company since our inception in May 2002. Prior to establishing
our company, Mr. Yang served as vice president of technology and chief technology
officer of Sohu.com Inc. from October 2000 to March 2002. In June 1999, Mr. Yang
co-founded ChinaRen Inc. and served as chief technology officer until October
2000, when ChinaRen Inc. merged into Sohu.com Inc. Mr. Yang holds a master's degree
in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from
the University of Michigan. | |
| | | | Fan
Zhang | | Fan
Zhang is a director of our Company. Mr. Zhang has been a Senior Vice President
of Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, which together with its affiliates
holds 8.9% of our shares before IPO. He also holds directorships in a number of
private companies. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Zhang served as a financial analyst
in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. He was an engineer
at Focus Graphics, Inc. in California from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Zhang holds an MBA
degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree
in economics from Stanford University. | |
| | | | Charlie Y. Shi | | Charlie Y. Shi is an independent director of our Company. Mr. Shi has been a member of
the Investment Committee of CMT China Value Capital Advisors Limited since May
2004. From April 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Shi served as a managing director of
China Assets Investment Management Limited, a Hong Kong-based investment management
company. China Assets Investment Management Limited is the sole investment manager
of China Assets (Holding) Limited, a Hong Kong registered investment fund which
owns 100% of the shares of Global Lead Technology Limited, a holding company which
holds 13.3% of the shares of our company before our IPO. From February 2000 to
March 2001, Mr. Shi was the senior vice president of SOFTBANK China Venture Capital
Limited. He served as deputy managing director of Toplap Investments Limited,
an investment advisory and management subsidiary of China Insurance (Hong Kong)
Group, from February 1998 to December 1999, and served as Merrill Lynch & Co.
from March 1992 to January 1998, holding the last position as assistant vice president.
Mr. Shi holds an MBA degree from California Lutheran University and a bachelor's
degree in economics from Fudan University in Shanghai. He is also a graduate of
the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. | |
| | | | Yongqiang
Qian | | Yongqiang
Qian is an independent director of our Company. Mr. Qian is also the chief executive
officer of New Oriental Online Company, an entity specializing in online education
that he founded in December 2000. He was also a director and vice president of
Beijing New Oriental Education and Technology Group, the parent company of New
Oriental Online Company, from 2000 to 2004. From 1993 to 1997, he was a co-founder
and project manager at Beijing New Oriental School, a company providing educational
and training services, and an affiliate of Beijing New Oriental Education and
Technology Group. Mr. Qian holds an MBA degree from Yale University School of
Management and a bachelor's degree from North China University of Technology. | |
| | | | Richard
Wei | | Richard
Wei is the chief financial officer of our Company. Prior to joining our Company
in February 2004, Mr. Wei served as the chief financial officer of ASE Test Limited,
a leading independent semiconductor testing services provider, from August 2002
to February 2004 and ISE Labs Inc., a subsidiary of ASE Test Limited, from September
2000 to July 2002. Mr. Wei was a research analyst at Lehman Brothers Asia from
1996 to 2000, a research analyst at Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 1996 and a research
associate at the Harvard Business School from 1993 to 1994. He also served as
a systems engineer at IBM Inc. from 1985 to 1991. Mr. Wei holds an MBA degree
from Cornell University and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. | |
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is no family relationship between any of our directors or senior officers. | | |
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