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Mr. Xin Zhou
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer -
Mr. Xin Zhou has served as our co-chairman and chief executive officer since September 2009. He is one of the co-founders of our parent company, E-House, and served as E-House's chairman since 2003 and chief executive officer from 2003 to September 2009. He currently serves as E-house's executive chairman. Mr. Zhou has over 16 years of experience in China's real estate industry. From 1997 to 2003, he served as a director and general manager of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd., and as deputy general manager of Shanghai Jinfeng Investments Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhou also served as the chairman and general manager of Shanghai Wanxin Real Estate Investments Consulting Ltd. from 1994 to 1997. In recognition of his contribution to the development of real estate marketing, brokerage and circulation area in Shanghai and elsewhere in China, Mr. Zhou was awarded the "Special Contribution Award in China's Real Estate Circulation Industry" in 2005, and named one of the "2005 ten most influential people in the real estate services industry" from China City Property Exposition Commission. Mr. Zhou currently serves as Chairman of the Real Estate Services Committee of the China Real Estate Association. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University
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Mr. Charles Chao
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Mr. Charles Chao has served as our co-chairman since October 2009. Since May 2006, Mr. Chao has served as SINA's director and chief executive officer. Mr. Chao has served as SINA's president since September 2005 and as SINA's chief financial officer from February 2001 to May 2006. He also served as SINA's co-chief operating officer from July 2004 to September 2005, executive vice president from April 2002 to June 2003, and vice president, finance from September 1999 to January 2001. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Chao served as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in San Jose, California. Mr. Chao is currently a director of Focus Media Holding Limited, an out-of-home media and advertising network company, and an independent director of NetDragon Websoft Inc., a company providing technology for online gaming. Mr. Chao holds a master's degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, a master's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai. Mr. Chao is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen
Director
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Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen has served as our director since October 2009. Mr. Shen is the founding managing partner of Sequoia Capital China Advisors (Hong Kong) Limited and has been with Sequoia Capital China Advisors (Hong Kong) Limited since its inception in October 2005. Mr. Shen co-founded Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc., or Home Inns, a leading economy hotel chain in China, and Ctrip.com International, Ltd., or Ctrip, the largest travel consolidator in China. Currently, Mr. Shen is a co-chairman of Home Inns, a director of Ctrip, a director of E-House, a director of American Diary, Inc., a producer and distributor of dairy products listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a director of Peak Sport Products Co., a sportswear company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and also an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited, an out-of-home media and advertising network company. Mr. Shen also serves on the boards of a number of private companies based in China. He served as Ctrip's chief financial officer from 2000 to October 2005 and as president from August 2003 to October 2005. Prior to founding Ctrip, Mr. Shen worked for more than eight years in the investment banking industry in New York and Hong Kong. Mr. Shen received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and his master's degree from the School of Management at Yale University.
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Mr. Xudong Zhu
Director
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Mr. Xudong Zhu has served as our director since September 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Zhu served as a co-head of primary real estate agency service of E-House since 2001. Mr. Zhu served as director of E-House from December 2004 to August 2007. From 1998 to 2000, he was the planning supervisor of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhu served as the general manager of Shanghai Xuyang Media Co., Ltd. from 1994 to 1998 and as a planning supervisor of Shanghai Hollywood Real Estate Development Co. from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Zhu received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University and an EMBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
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Ms. Hong Du
Director
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Ms. Hong Du has served as our director since October 2009. Ms. Du has served as SINA's chief operating officer since February 2008. Ms. Du joined SINA 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 SINA 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 received her bachelor's degree from Harbin Institute of Technology and a master's degree from San Francisco State University.
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Mr. Fan Bao
Independent Director
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Mr. Fan Bao has served as our independent director since October 2009. Mr. Bao is the founder and chief executive officer of China Renaissance Partners, a leading boutique investment bank in China. Prior to founding China Renaissance Partners in 2004, Mr. Bao was the chief strategy officer of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., a leading IT service and software company in China. Prior to that, Mr. Bao worked at investment banking divisions with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse for seven years. Mr. Bao received a bachelor's degree from Fudan University in Shanghai and a master's degree from Norwegian School of Management.
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Mr. David Zhang
Independent Director
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Mr. David Zhang has served as our independent director since October 2009. Since January 2008, Mr. David Zhang has served as the founding managing partner for Matrix Partners China, an early stage technology venture capital firm and oversees all its operations in China. Prior to forming Matrix Partners China, Mr. Zhang served as the managing director and head of the Beijing office for WI Harper Group, where he oversaw all investments, portfolio management and operations in both life sciences and IT in China from January 2004 to January 2008. Mr. Zhang joined WI Harper in late 2001 as an associate in the San Francisco office and moved back to China in 2003. Prior to joining WI Harper, Mr. Zhang worked with ABN AMRO Capital and Salomon Smith Barney (the investment banking arm of Citicorp) successively. Mr. Zhang is currently an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited, an out-of-home media and advertising network company. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor's degree from California State University, San Francisco and his master's degree from Northwestern University.
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Mr. Ya-Qin Zhang
Independent Director
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Mr. Ya-Qin Zhang has served as our independent director since October 2009. Mr. Zhang serves as corporate vice president of Microsoft Corporation, or Microsoft, leading Microsoft's overall research and development efforts in China. Mr. Zhang joined Microsoft in 1999 and previously served as corporate vice president at Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices Division. Mr. Zhang is one of the founding members of the Microsoft Research Asia lab, where he served as managing director and chief scientist, and he also founded the Advanced Technology Center in 2003. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Zhang was a director for the Multimedia Technology Laboratory at Sarnoff Corp., and worked as a senior technical staff member for GTE Laboratories Inc. and Contel Corp. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. from George Washington University.