| VISION: To Provide the Most Advanced Interactive Online Services in China with the Goal of Continually Capturing Users' Imaginations & Consistently Delivering Customer Satisfaction- To Become SIMPLY INDISPENSABLE in the Lives of Chinese People
What does SOHU mean?
The direct English translation of SOHU is 'Search Fox' which can be traced back to the company's origins. Founder, Dr. Charles Zhang was the pioneer in bringing the concept of connecting the Chinese people via the Internet. Dr. Zhang founded the Company after returning from his studies in the United States in 1996 at a time when China's Internet was nascent. Sohu has since become one of the largest and most influential Internet companies in China. COMPANY PROFILE:
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of:
- www.sohu.com, the mass portal and leading online media destination;
- www.sogou.com, an interactive search engine with over 10 billion retrieved Chinese web pages;
- www.chinaren.com, the #1 online alumni club;
- www.focus.cn, a top real estate and home furnishing website;
- www.17173.com, the #1 games information portal;
- www.goodfeel.com.cn, a wireless value-added services provider; and
- www.go2map.com, a leading online mapping service provider.
This network of web properties offers the vast Sohu user community a broad range of choices regarding information, entertainment, communication and commerce.
REVENUE MODEL
Sohu generates revenues through a wide array of corporate and consumer services delivered online with the core revenue stream coming from a focused growth strategy towards the brand advertising business line.
Corporate Services
- Brand Advertising
Corporate online advertising on Sohu's matrix of portals & web properties.
- Sponsored Search
Sponsored search advertising aimed at small & medium-sized enterprises who pay fees to list on Sohu's sites for search results or in its directory.
Consumer Services
- Online Games
Sohu operates two massively multiplayer online role-playing game s(MMORPGs) Blade Online and Tian Long Ba Bu, and online casual games.
- Wireless
Wireless products focused on entertainment, media and communications via a broad choice of technologies, such as short messaging services (SMS), wireless application protocol (WAP), interactive voice response (IVR), multimedia messaging services (MMS), and ring back tone (RBT) services.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Charles Zhang, Ph.D
Belinda Wang
Carol Yu
Yu Gong, Ph.D
Xiaochuan Wang
Luming Chen
Gang Fang
Tao Wang
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Co-President and Chief Marketing Officer
Co-President and Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Development
Vice President of Olympic Project
Vice President of Product
Vice President or Online Games Business |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Dr. Charles Zhang
Prof. Edward B.Roberts
Charles Huang
Dr. Dave Qi
Shi Wang
Dr. Zhonghan Deng
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Chairman
Member of the Compensation and Nominating Committees
Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
Member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees
Member of the Nominating Committees
Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
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MARKET DATA
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
Industry: Internet portal/China
IPO Date: July 2000
Ticker Symbol: SOHU
Total Outstanding Shares: 37.8 million (March 2008)
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company
26/F, Office Tower A, Beijing Fortune Plaza, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100020, P.R.China
TRANSFER AGENT
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
PO Box 358015
Pittsburge, PA 15252-8015a
LEGAL COUNSEL
Goulston & Storrs
Timothy B. Bancroft
400 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA, 02110-3333
United States of America
Transasia
China World Trade Center
Tower 1, Room 2218
1 Jianguomen Wai Avenue
Beijing 100004
People's Republic of China
INVESTOR RELATIONS AND CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Erin Sheng
Direct Line: (86-10) 6272 6596
Fax: (86-10) 6272 6588
Email: ir@sohu-inc.com |
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