| Beijing, April 24, 2000 -
SOHU.com, China's premier Internet portal, has expanded its public relations
management team to manage the company's growing international profile. The
management has appointed Caroline Straathof as Corporate Relations Manager. Ms.
Straathof will also be responsible for investor relations after SOHU.com's
listing on the NASDAQ exchange, which it has filed for in February.
Ms. Straathof has extensive media experience with a journalism career
spanning 13 years. Starting in 1987 she was Beijing bureau chief of the
Netherlands' leading daily de Volkskrant and chief correspondent for the Dutch
national news broadcast of NOS. Ms. Straathof obtained a Master of Arts degree
from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in
Bologna, Italy, and a Graduate Diploma in American Studies from Smith college
(Northampton, MA).
The addition of Ms. Straathof to the management team is the latest in a
flurry of recent appointments in the quickly expanding Internet portal.
In early April Bryan Wu joined the Human Resources Department as senior
manager. Mr. Wu has six years' working experience in human resources with
Motorola (China) and Beijing Novartis Pharma. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree from Beijing University.
In March Alan Li was named the company's Chief Operation Officer (COO).
Before joining SOHU.com, Mr. Li was Executive Director of Oracle China Ltd. His
distinguished career further includes senior management positions in Digital
Equipment Corporation and IBM Hong Kong. Mr. Li received a Master of Business
Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of
Science degree from the University of Hong Kong.
Also in March, Stanley Cha and Sam Qian signed on to each head SOHU.com's
Internet channels. Stanley Cha became the Director of the Learning and Career
channels as well as acting Corporate Counsel. He worked for five years as
corporate associate in two New York law firms. Mr. Cha obtained a Juris Doctor
from St. John's University School of Law, New York, a Master of Science degree
from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science from Tsinghua
University.
Sam Qian joined SOHU.com as the Director of the Business, Real Estate and Dow
Jones channels. For three years he worked in Barclays Capital's Risk Finance
Group in New York. Before that he worked in the Strategic Trading Division of
Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Qian holds a Ph.D. in Astro-physics from Colombia
University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Science and
Technology of China.
About SOHU.com
SOHU.com is the leading Internet portal in Mainland China
with current daily page views exceeding 10 million. It provides
navigation/search, news, sports, business and finance, real estate channel,
entertainment, chat, email and e-commerce activities for a solid and wide base
of visitors. SOHU.com was founded by Dr. Charles Zhang in 1997, with original
investors from MIT's Edward Roberts, Nicholas Negroponte and Brant Binder. Our
investors include Intel, Dow Jones, IDG and the Morningside China Group. Our
content partners include CNET, DOW Jones and dozens of local media organizations
in China. |
