Vnet Group inc
Officers & Directors
Mr. Sheng Chen, also known as Josh Sheng Chen, is one of our co-founders and has served as the executive chairman of our Board since the incorporation of the Company. He has been our chief executive officer since our inception to October 2015. Mr. Chen has been instrumental to the development and success of our business. Mr. Chen provides vision, overall management, and strategic decision-making relating to marketing, investment planning, and corporate development. Mr. Chen has more than 20 years' experience in the internet infrastructure industry in China and started his entrepreneur career in 1990 when he was a sophomore at Tsinghua University. Mr. Chen founded our business in May 1996 and started the first carrier-neutral data center in China in July 1999. Mr. Chen currently also serves as a director of Cloud Tech Services Limited and Yipu Chain Network (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Chen received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 1991. Mr. Chen is a member of the Tsinghua Entrepreneur and Executive Club and a managing director of the Internet Society of China.
Mr. Yoshihisa Ueno has served as our Director since October 2010. Mr. Ueno is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist with operations and industrial expertise in the U.S., Europe, Japan and China and over 35 years of incubation investment experience in emerging technology startups. Mr. Ueno has been our lead investor and board member of several of our affiliated companies since 2006. Mr. Ueno has been the founding partner of Synapse Company Limited and Synapse Partners Limited since December 2002, Synapse Holdings Limited since October 2013 and SMC Synapse Partners Limited from December 2010 to September 2015. Mr. Ueno has also been a director of several start-up portfolios such as Hivelocity Inc. from May 2015 and Catalyst Group Limited (Exicon Limited) from March 2015. Mr. Ueno has also served as director of Beyondsoft Corporation (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 2649), from September 2005 to March 2010, CDS GS Japan Ltd. (a joint venture with CDC Corp) from June 2011 to April 2012, and Insource (HK) Ltd. (a JV with Insource Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, stock code: 6200)) from December 2011 to September 2014. Mr. Ueno has managed several venture funds such as the Japan-China Bridge Fund from March 2005 to February 2011, Intellectual Property Bank (IPB) Partners Fund #1 in Japan from March 2006 to March 2010 and IPB Holding LLC in the U.S. from March 2006 to July 2007. Mr. Ueno also served as the chief executive officer at Cycolor, Inc., in the U.S. from September 1998 to June 2003, until Cycolor, Inc. was acquired by Eastman Kodak in early 2003. Mr. Ueno worked for Fujitec from April 1985 to May 1997 in various managerial capacities in Japan, China, the United Kingdom, Spain and Hong Kong. Mr. Ueno received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Takushoku University.
Mr. Kenneth Chung-Hou Tai has served as our Director since October 2012. Mr. Tai is a prominent figure in the Taiwanese technology sector with over 40 years of industry experience with leading technology and hardware companies in Taiwan and the U.S. Mr. Tai co-founded Acer Computer in 1976, which has become one of the top five branded PC vendors in the world today, and held various managerial positions during his tenure. Later in his technology career, Mr. Tai founded Investar Capital, a venture capital firm focusing on IT companies. Mr. Tai is now serving as chairman of Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), a non-profit organization affiliated to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and chairman of Digitimes Incorporated, the only technology-focused newspaper in Taiwan. Currently, Mr. Tai serves on the board of directors of several public companies in Taiwan and Singapore, including Global Testing Corporation (a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, SGX: G31), Asustek Computer Inc. (a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, stock code: 2357), Chief Telecom Corporation (a company listed on Taipei Exchange, stock code: 6561), and Wafer Works Corporation (a company listed on Taipei Exchange, stock code: 6182). Mr. Tai also serves on the board of directors of several private companies, including Jasper Display Corporation. Mr. Tai received a master's degree in business administration from Tam Kang University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.
Mr. Sean Shao has served as independent director and chairman of the audit committee of our company since August 2015 and also for UTStarcom Holdings Corp. (a company listed on Nasdaq, Nasdaq: UTSI) since October 2012. He served as chief financial officer and a board member of Trina Solar Limited from 2006 to 2008 and from 2015 to 2017, respectively. Mr. Shao was an independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Luckin Coffee Inc. from May 2019 until July 2020 and was re-appointed as an independent director of Luckin Coffee Inc. in September 2020. He was also the chairman of a special committee of the board which investigated accounting improprieties at Luckin Coffee Inc during 2020. In addition, Mr. Shao served as chief financial officer of ChinaEdu Corporation and Watchdata Technologies Ltd from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Shao worked at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. for approximately a decade. Mr. Shao received his master's degree in healthcare administration from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1988 and his bachelor's degree in arts from East China Normal University in 1982. Mr. Shao is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. See also 'Risk Factors ' Our directors and employees may face claims and lawsuits as a result of their position in other companies, which may also harm our reputation' for further information on certain pending litigation involving some of the U.S. listed companies of which Mr. Shao is an independent director.
Mr. Erhfei Liu has served as our Director since May 2015. Mr. Liu also serves as independent director for QingLing Motors (Group) Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 1122), Jiangxi Copper Corporation (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 358), and Frontage Holdings Corporation (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 1521), . Mr. Liu has served as CEO of Asia Investment Fund (AIF), a private equity investment fund, since 2018, and co-founder and director of Cindat Capital Management Limited (Cindat), a global restate investment platform, from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Liu has remained in his position as a director at Cindat, but no longer participates in the day to day operations since 2018. From 1999 to 2012, Mr. Liu served as Chairman of Merrill Lynch China initially and Country Executive of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In addition to his various investment banking responsibilities, he was also in charge of the firm's private equity business in Greater China from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Liu worked as head of Asia or China for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney and Indosuez. Mr. Liu received an MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor's degrees from Brandeis University and Beijing Foreign Languages University.
Mr. Yao Li has served as our Director since May 2018. Dr. Li has over 23 years' experience in the finance and investment industry, and currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Asia for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, Hong Kong office. Mr. Li also serves as independent director for Aceso Life Science Group Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 0474). Prior to joining IFC, Dr. Li served as the Vice General Manager in investment of PingAn Trust Company of PingAn Group of China from 2015 to early 2016. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of China-ASEAN Capital Advisory Company Limited and the Chairman of the Investment Committee of China-ASEAN Fund Management Company from mid-2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Li was a Co-head of the Investment Banking Business for Bank of China (BOC), where he was responsible for setting up the domestic securities business for BOC. Dr. Li holds a doctorate's degree in economics from Renmin University of China, a master's degree in economics from Nankai University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Nanjing University.
Mr. Samuel Yuan-Ching Shen has served as Group CEO from January 1, 2021 and executive chairman of our retail IDC business group since May 2020. Mr. Shen also serves as an independent director of Insigma Technology Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 600797), Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE: MFH), and Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE: XIN). Mr. Shen serviced as an independent director of Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 0268), from January 2018 to January 2020. Mr. Shen has extensive experience in the fields of cloud, edge computing, big data, and AI services. Mr. Shen previously served as President of JD Cloud where he led JD Cloud's efforts to extend its offerings of tailored service solutions to a wide range of companies in different industry verticals. Prior to JD Cloud, Mr. Shen held various senior positions at Microsoft. Mr. Shen received his master's degree in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara, and his bachelor's degree in chemistry from National Tsing Hua University.
Ms. Sharon Xiao Liu has served as president of Wholesale IDC business group from January 1, 2021 and our chief financial officer since January 2018. Ms. Liu will step down from chief financial officer and any other positions of our company effective April 30, 2021. Ms. Liu joined us in October 2010, and served as our vice president of finance in charge of the finance-related matters of our hosting and related services business prior to becoming our chief financial officer. Ms. Liu was also previously responsible for our pre- and post-IPO finance matters, investor relations, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, and financial business plan. Prior to joining us, Ms. Liu was a manager at KPMG China in its audit division since 2003. Ms. Liu is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of North Dakota. Ms. Liu received her dual bachelor's degrees in economics and law from Peking University.
Mr. Shiqi Wang has served as our chief executive officer of Wholesale IDC business group from January 1, 2021. Mr. Wang served as our chief executive officer and president from February 2018 to December 2020. Mr. Wang also served as the vice president of TUS Digital Group, a subsidiary of Tus-Holdings, director of Beijing CIC Technology Co., Ltd. and director of Guangzhou Tuwei Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Wang has nearly 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has worked at various renowned international companies, including 11 years with Ericsson, focusing primarily on strategy development and execution, corporate management, and equity investments. Mr. Wang received a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University and an MBA from Peking University-Vlerick MBA Program (BiMBA).
Vnet Group inc currently has 2784 employees.
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