2004 China Rich List
Zhang Chaoyang - 2004 China Rich List:No.66
| 2004 wealth (US m): |
180 |
| 2003 wealth (US m): |
265 |
| age: | 40 |
| birthplace: | Xi’an, Shaanxi |
| company: | Sohu Inc |
| head office: | Beijing |
| industry: | SMS-messaging, online games and internet portal |
| listing: | Nasdaq – SOHU Sohu Inc (June 2000) |
| 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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