Dr. Charles Zhang is the founder,Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SOHU.COM. Prior to founding SOHU,
Dr. Zhang worked for Internet Securities Inc. (ISI) and helped establish its
China operations. Prior to joining ISI, he worked as Massachusetts Institute of
Technology's liaison officer with China. Dr. Zhang has a Ph.D degree in
experimental physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor
of Science degree from Qinghua University in Beijing.
In October 1998,
Dr. Charles Zhang was named by Time Digital as one of the world's top fifty
digital elite. He has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global
Leader of Tomorrow. Dr. Zhang regularly participates in leading international
conferences, including the Fortune Global 500 Forum, Fortune Magazine
roundtables, and World Economic Forum meetings. In July 2001 Charles Zhang
co-lead an executive delegation to support Beijing's successful 2008 Olympic bid
at the112th International Olympic Committee in Moscow. In December 2001, he
joined the International Advisory Board of the Pew Global Attitudes Survey as an
inaugural member upon the invitation by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine
K. Albright, who chairs the project. In March 2003 Charles Zhang became a member
of All-China Federation Of Industry & Commerce. In May 2003 Charles Zhang
joined the SOHU-sponsored China Mount Everest team to a height of 6,666 meters
in an expedition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the tallest mountain's
human conquest. In July 2003 Time Magazine featured Charles Zhang as one of 15
Global Tech Gurus.In September 2003, BusinessWeek listed Dr.Zhang as one of 25
global E-biz CEOs. And in August 2004, Dr. Zhang was the first Chinese national
to receive the Academy of Management's 2004 "Distinguished Executive of the
Year" Award.
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Dr. Edward Roberts has been a director of SOHU
since September 1996. He is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management of
Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Alfred P. Sloan School of
Management. He has chaired the Sloan School Management of Technology program
since 1967. Dr. Roberts has been a co-founder and director of numerous emerging
technology companies and venture capital funds, including Zero Stage and First
Stage Capital Equity Funds, Medical Information Technology, Advanced Magnetics,
NET Silicon, Pegasystems and Selfcare. He has authored over 140 articles and
eleven books, the most recent being Entrepreneurs in High Technology (Oxford
University Press, 1991), winner of the Association of American Publishers' award
as Outstanding Book of 1991 in Business and Management. Dr. Roberts received
four degrees from M.I.T., including a Ph.D degree in 1962.
Charles Huang has been a director of SOHU since October 2001.
He is the founder and Chairman of Netbig Education Holdings Ltd. Prior to
founding Netbig in 1999, Mr. Huang worked as Executive Director & Head of
Asia Securitization Group of Deutsche Bank, New York & Hong Kong, as well as
Senior Vice President of Prudential Securities Inc, New York. He holds an M.S.
degree in Computer Science from MIT and a B.S. degree from University of Science
and Technology of China.
Dr. Dave Qi is a
Professor of Accounting and the Executive MBA & Executive Development
Program's Academic Director of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. He
began teaching at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2002 and was
the founding Director of Executive MBA program.Before joining Cheung Kong
Graduate School of Business, Dr. Qi was an Associate Professor at School of
Accounting of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Qi has published many
articles and research essays on accounting, financial reporting, capital market
and other related topics.He has a Ph.D. in accounting from the Eli Broad
Graduate School of management of Michigan State University, a Master of Business
Administration from University of Hawaii at Manoa, a Bachelor of Science and a
Bachelor of Arts from Fudan University. Dr. Qi is currently a member of the
American Accounting Association.
Shi Wang is the Chairman of China Vanke Co., Ltd. Mr. Wang was Chairman and
General Manager from 1991 to 1999. He founded ¡°Shenzhen Exhibition Center of
Modern Science and Education Equipment¡± in 1984, which is the predecessor to
China Vanke Co., Ltd. Mr. Wang is the Executive Manager of China Real Estate
Association and is Deputy Director of the City Housing Development Council of
China Real Estate Association.
Dr. John Deng is the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Vimicro Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC), a leading Chinese
semiconductor design company. He has received numerous prestigious awards and
accolades in both China and the U.S. for his achievements in developing China's
personal computer industry. These include three Chinese national medals and
China¡¯s National First Class Award for Science and Technology in 2005, which
were presented by Chinese President Hu Jintao. In 2005, he was selected by China
Central Television (CCTV) as China's Man of the Year and received a
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University of California at
Berkeley, College of Engineering. In September 2006, Dr. Deng received the honor
of presenting alongside Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as the main representative of
Chinese business enterprises. Dr. Deng received a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences, a M.S. degree in Economics and a M.S. degree
in Physics, all from the University of California,
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