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| Management Team |
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| Charles Chao: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
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Charles Chao has served as our Chairman of the Board since August 2012 and our Chief Executive Officer since May 2006. He served as our President from September 2005 to February 2013, Chief Financial Officer from February 2001 to May 2006, Co-Chief Operating Officer from July 2004 to September 2005, and Executive Vice President from April 2002 to June 2003. From September 1999 to January 2001, Mr. Chao served as our Vice President, Finance. Prior to joining us, Mr. Chao served as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, an accounting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Chao was a news correspondent at Shanghai Media Group. Mr. Chao is currently the Co-Chairman of E-House, a real estate services company, a director of Focus Media, an out-of-home media and advertising network company, and NetDragon Websoft Inc., a company providing technology for online gaming. Mr. Chao holds a Master of Professional Accounting degree from University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Journalism from University of Oklahoma and a B.A. in Journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
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| Hong Du: Chief Operating Officer and Co-President |
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Hong Du has served as our Co-President and Chief Operating Officer since February 2013. Ms. Du had served as our Chief Operating Officer from February 2008 to February 2013. Ms. Du joined the Company in November 1999 and worked in the Business Development department until April 2004. From May 2004 to January 2005, Ms. Du served as Deputy General Manager of 1Pai.com, a joint venture between SINA and Yahoo!. Ms. Du rejoined the Company in January 2005 and served as our General Manager of Sales Strategy from January 2005 to March 2005, General Manager of Sales from April 2005 to August 2005, Vice President of Sales from September 2005 to February 2007, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from February 2007 to February 2008. Ms. Du holds a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Harbin Institute of Technology and an M.S. in MIS from San Francisco State University.
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| Jack Xu: Chief Technology Officer and Co-President |
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Jack Xu has served as the Company¡¯s Co-President and Chief Technology Officer since February 2013. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Xu worked at Cisco as the Corporate Vice President of the Communications & Collaboration business unit. Previously, Mr. Xu served as Vice President of Engineering & Research at eBay from October 2002 to April 2008 and Chieft Technology Officer at Netease from May 2000 to July 2002. He led the Excite¡¯s search engine development in 1996, while pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California in Berkeley. Mr. Xu holds a B.A. and M.A. in Information Management from Sun Yat-Sen University.
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Herman Yu has served as the Company¡¯s Chief Financial Officer since August 2007. Mr. Yu had served as our Acting Chief Financial Officer from May 2006 to August 2007 and Vice President and Corporate Controller from September 2004 to May 2006. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Yu worked at Adobe Systems from January 1999 to September 2004, initially as Chief Auditor and then as Corporate Marketing Controller. Mr. Yu also held various finance and accounting management positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and VeriFone, Inc. Mr. Yu began his career with Arthur Andersen and is a California Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Yu is currently a director of Mecox Lane Ltd. Mr. Yu holds a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California.
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| Tong Chen:
Executive Vice President and Chief Editor |
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Tong Chen has served as the Company¡¯s Chief Editor and Executive Vice President since February 2007. In 1997, Mr. Chen took part in the founding of SRSnet.com, a division of Beijing Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Co., Ltd. (currently known as Beijing SINA Information Technology Co., Ltd.), one of our subsidiaries, and he formally joined the Company in March 1998. Mr. Chen served as host of our SRSnet.com Sports Salon from April 1997 to August 1998, Chief Editor of our News Center from September 1998 to June 1999, our Content Director from June 1999 to June 2000, Executive Deputy General Manager of our China operations from June 2000 to May 2002, our Vice President and Chief Editor from May 2002 to November 2003 and our Senior Vice President and Chief Editor from November 2003 to February 2007. Mr. Chen serves as the independent director of Beijing Enlight Media Co., Ltd, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, since February 2010. He is the independent director and the Chairman of compensation committee of TAL Education Group since June 2011 and also a member of its audit committee, nomination and corporate governance committee. Mr. Chen holds an M.B.A. from China-Europe International Business School, an M.A. in Journalism from Renmin University of China, an M.A. in Communications from Beijing Institute of Technology and a B.S. in electronic engineering from Beijing University of Technology.
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| Gaofei Wang: Senior Vice President, General Manager of Weibo Business Unit |
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Gaofei Wang is senior vice president of Sina Corporation, overseeing the strategy and overall product development for Weibo. Mr. Wang joined SINA in August 2000 and worked in the Research and Development center until early 2004 when he joined SINA Mobile. He has served as the General Manager of SINA Mobile from November 2006 to November 2012. Mr. Wang holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Peking University and Executive MBA from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University. |
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