EuromoneyChina 2004 Kings of Capital
Zhang Chaoyang - EuromoneyChina 2004 Kings of Capital:No.17
| age: | 40 |
| flagship listed company: | Sohu.com |
| head office: | Nasdaq |
| No. of listed companies: | 1 |
| listed company | market value US $m | exchange | listing code | date listed | performance compared with market | head office |
| Sohu.com | 662 | Nasdaq | SOHU | Jul-00 | -55% | Beijing |
| personal info: | Its stock price may have halved (like Ding Lei’s – number 7), but Sohu has been active this year with the launch of its Chinese-language search engine, its first online game, its acquisition of a real estate website and its suspension from China Mobile’s SMS services. With sales last year of US$80 million (2002: US$29 million), Sohu has 1,100 employees. The colourful Zhang founded the business in 1996 winning an early listing at the height of the internet boom in 2000. |
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