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Management Team
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| CEO,Chairman of the Board |
Dr. Charles Zhang is the founder,Chairman of the Board of Directors 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. In July 2005, Dr. Zhang was selected as the Executive committee member and deputy director of Press & Publication Committee of the National Youth Association's 10th Committee. In November 2005, Dr. Zhang led Sohu's efforts in winning the Internet Content Service Sponsorship role for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
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| Co-president and Chief Marketing Officer |
Belinda Wang is Co-president and Chief Marketing Officer. She joined Sohu.com in August 1999 with the marketing department and became marketing manager for Beijing in August 2000. Ms. Wang transferred to head Northern China brand advertising sales team in March 2001 and now leads the entire China brand advertising sales and marketing efforts. Belinda has been instrumental in developing the online advertising market in China. Prior to joining, she worked for Internet Securities Inc.(ISI) and Motorola. Ms. Wang received a Bachelor of Linguistics from the China Industrial and Commercial University.
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| Co-president and Chief Financial Officer |
Carol Yu is Co-president and Chief Financial Officer. She joined SOHU in March 2004 and brings over 20 years of management, finance, accounting and investment banking experience to Sohu. Ms. Yu was an audit partner with Arthur Andersen and has worked with its Hong Kong , Toronto and Beijing offices for ten years . She was the General Manager of Arthur Andersen-Hua Qiang, the joint venture accounting firm between Arthur Andersen and the Ministry of Finance in China. She also served as Senior Vice-President at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. Ms. Yu graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant.
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Xiaochuan Wang is Senior Vice President. He joined Sohu after the online alumni website Chinaren.com was acquired by Sohu in October 2000. After joining Sohu, he set up the R&D Center and has been leading the technology development of many strategic products, especially the search engine SoGou which was launched in August 2004. Previously Mr. Wang worked as a technology manager at Chinaren.com. Mr.Wang received a Gold Medal in the 11th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). He received his bachelor and master degrees in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.
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Chen Luming is Vice President. He joined Sohu in October 2001 as Director of Customer Service and set up Sohu's advertising customer service system, including Key Account Service, Online Research, Customer Relations Management, etc. Mr. Chen was later promoted to Senior Director, taking on more responsibilities including the Corporate Business Development (CBD) department and leading execution of key projects such as Disney, Yao Ming, NBA, Formula One, and China Open. Mr. Chen played a key role in winning Sohu's role of the Official Internet Content Service Sponsor of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Prior to joining Sohu, Mr. Chen worked with Lycos Asia. Mr. Chen obtained his Master Degree of Business Administration from National University of Singapore.
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Gang Fang is Vice President of Products. He joined Sohu in August 2003 as Vice Chief Editor and Director of Technology & Products Center. Mr. Fang was promoted to Senior Director of Technology & Products Center in April 2006 and now leads Interactive Products. Prior to joining Sohu, he was Vice President and Chief Editor of CCIDnet.com. Mr. Fang received his bachelor degrees in engineering and in literature from Tsinghua University.
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Tao Wang is Vice President of Sohu.com, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Changyou.com. Mr. Wang has over 11 years of experience in the computer game industry in China and was one of the principal founders of Changyou¡¯s MMORPG business. Prior to Changyou¡¯s carve-out from Sohu, Mr. Wang served as Vice President of Sohu¡¯s MMORPG business. Mr. Wang joined Sohu in December 2004, and built Sohu's game development team from scratch. In 2007, Mr. Wang was promoted to Senior Director of Sohu's Online Games Business, taking the lead of both game development and operations. Mr. Wang played a key role in achieving the success of Tian Long Ba Bu (TLBB), our first in-house developed MMORPG. Previously, Mr. Wang worked as CTO for a technology company. He received his bachelor degree of engineering from Hangzhou Industrial Electronics Institute.
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