Mr. Wang, aged 55, was appointed as a Director on February 9, 2018 and was redesignated as an executive Director and chairman of the Board on June 11, 2018. He was also appointed as the chairman of the nomination committee of the Company and a member of the remuneration committee of the Company on November 27, 2018. He was the chief executive officer of the Company from January 2007 to January 2021. He has been re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director and has been appointed as the chairman of the strategic committee with effect from January 20, 2021. Mr. Wang currently serves as director in a number of companies in which the Company has equity interests, including certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Wang founded the Group in January 2007.
Prior to founding the Group, Mr. Wang had many years of experience in the fields of marketing and administrative management. From 1996 to 2001, he served as a brand manager at The Procter & Gamble Company (a company listed on New York Stock Exchange, ticker symbol: PG), where he was primarily responsible for brand building, promotion and marketing. From 2001 to 2005, he served as a senior marketing director at Yahoo! Inc. (a company formerly listed on NASDAQ, ticker symbol: YHOO) and as the chief executive officer at 1pai.com.cn (一拍網), a joint venture established by Yahoo! Inc. and SINA Corp. From 2005 to 2006, he served as the chief marketing officer, Asia at Google LLC.
Mr. Wang graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree in English in July 1988. He also obtained a master’s degree in sociology from Columbia University in October 1989 and a master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University in July 1996.