Zhang Chaoyang

Zhang Chaoyang

Zhang Chaoyang, male, Han nationality, from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, native place: Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, born on October 31, 1964, chairman and CEO of Sohu company. He graduated from the Department of physics of Tsinghua University in 1986 and went to the United States to study in the same year. After receiving a doctorate from MIT in 1993, he continued his postdoctoral research at MIT. In August 1996, with venture capital in hand, he returned to China and founded aitexin company. In 1998, the company officially launched its brand website Sohu, and changed its name to Sohu company.

In December 2018, Zhang Chaoyang was selected into the list of "40 returnees in 40 years of China's reform and opening up". On December 18, 2019, he was selected into the list of "70 returnees of 70 years in China".

Character experience

Born in Xi'an on October 31, 1964, native place: Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. As a child, he lived in the family home of a factory in Tianwang, an eastern suburb of Xi'an. His parents were doctors. His parents are very lenient to him and give him a free space for development, which has a great influence on his future development.

In 1976, due to excellent academic performance, Xi'an Qinghua middle school was transferred to Xi'an middle school. He graduated from Xi'an middle school in Shaanxi Province in 1981 and was admitted to Tsinghua University.

He graduated from the Department of physics of Tsinghua University in 1986. In the same year, he won the CUSPEA program scholarship and went to the United States to study at MIT. At the end of 1993, he obtained his Ph.D. from MIT and engaged in postdoctoral research at MIT.

Character evaluation

The tenacity of mountains and the flexibility of water. In action, publicity is his attitude to embrace the world; in meditation, introspection is his innate character. (comments by fans of Zhang Chaoyang)

The outstanding impression of Zhang Chaoyang is that he has achievements (12.1%), ability (9.7%), young and promising (8.9%) celebrities (8.9%). Zhang Chaoyang's MIT background has also enhanced him a lot, making him an eye-catching star in the IT industry.

Generally speaking, Zhang Chaoyang is a fashionable and energetic new entrepreneur image in the eyes of the industry. His American famous university degree and his famous skateboarding technology have created his avant-garde and vitality. His image has a strong impact on the traditional norms of successful people, which makes him more and more different. (Sohu News Review)

Career

In 1994, he served as the liaison director of MIT Asia Pacific region (China). At the end of 1995, he returned to China as the chief representative of American ISI company in China. In 1996, with the venture capital support of Professor Negroponte, director of MIT Media Lab, and Professor Edward Robert of MIT Sloan business school, the company was founded, becoming the first Internet company established with venture capital in China.

On February 25, 1998, aitexin officially launched Sohu products and changed its name to Sohu company. On July 12, 2000, it was successfully listed on NASDAQ（ NASDAQ:SOHU ）。

On July 17, 2002, Sohu broke the deadlock of China's Internet and made profits. On October 17 of the same year, he attended the 2002 Ford Environmental Protection Award as a judge guest. In 2003, he was second to Ding Lei in the fortune list of Chinese scientific and technological figures of listed companies. Among Hurun's top 50 IT tycoons in 2003, Zhang Chaoyang also ranked top three. On March 6 of the same year, he was elected as a member of the ninth Executive Committee of the all China Federation of industry and Commerce by the election of the ninth member congress of the all China Federation of industry and commerce.

On April 23, 2004, he was elected executive director of China Guangcai Cause Promotion Association. On the afternoon of August 31 of the same year, he was elected vice president of the Second Council of China Internet association. On October 12, Zhang Chaoyang ranked 66th in Hurun's 100 rich list. In 2005, he became Vice President of the chamber of Commerce of the European and American Students Association.

Since the founding of Sohu in 1998, Zhang Chaoyang has served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Sohu. He has also served as the Executive Committee of Beijing Federation of industry and Commerce and the consultant director of Albright global development trend Investigation Committee (founded by Ms. Albright, former Secretary of state of the United States).

On December 16, 2015, he attended the opening ceremony of the second world Internet Conference as a guest.

In 2015, guest star as CEO of Sohu company for Mirs movie pancake man, and also as producer of this film. (actually, he is the CEO of Sohu.)

On November 9, 2017, Sogou was officially listed on the US New York Stock Exchange. According to the information on the website of the New York Stock Exchange, Zhang Chaoyang and Wang Xiaochuan ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.

On October 10, 2019, Zhang Chaoyang's 4.5 billion yuan was ranked 912 in the list of Hurun 100 rich in 2019.

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At 14:55 on October 5, 2002, he and Vanke president Wang Shi successfully met at the peak of the snow mountain in Siguniang mountain, Sichuan Province, which is 5355 meters above sea level.

On May 5, 2003, in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the successful ascent of Mt. Qomolangma by Sohu company, Zhang Chaoyang was named "2003 China Sohu mountaineering team" and successfully reached the 8844.43m summit of Mt. Qomolangma. In October of the same year, he took part in the "passion climbing 2003 Haba snow mountain climbing conference" and reached the 5396m altitude of Yunnan Haba snow mountain.

On July 24, 2005, the team led by Sun Nan, Li Bingbing, Gao Yuanyuan, Jiang Peilin and other stars to climb the Qizi peak in Tibet at an altitude of 6206 meters.

On October 6, 2007, he led the Sohu mountaineering team to participate in the climbing activity of "welcome the Olympic Games and celebrate the return of China" to mount Yuzhu, which is 6178.6 meters above sea level. On October 7, 2008, Zhang Chaoyang led the Sohu mountaineering team to the top of tanglaangqu peak, which is 6330 meters above sea level.

On November 29, 2014, "2014 Sohu Financial Reform Summit: finding the way for China" was held in Beijing. Zhang Chaoyang, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Sohu, said in his speech that Sohu has fully welcomed and embraced the continuous changes of the Internet. One of the most important changes is the mobile Internet. Sohu has a very good array on the mobile phone, in addition to Sohu Video and Sogou input method, Sogou search, the important array is in the media. Zhang Chaoyang said that based on this, we have two applications, one is news client, which has just launched Sohu News client 5.0, and the other is mobile Sohu.

Award winning record

Character events

On March 25, 2011, big s asked Zhang Chaoyang to apologize publicly because of the live webcast of Wang Xiaofei's wedding. Zhang Chaoyang micro blog response, do not think his behavior in the law and friends moral what fault, so neither admit mistakes, nor apologize. (Beijing Times)

Zhang Chaoyang is also the most criticized person. Many people criticize him for "not doing practical work", "blatant, publicity", and others think that he is "a bit bookish", "bad image", "broad but not refined, flashy" and "brave but not resourceful", and he is a "speculator".

Evaluation on internal quality and external performance: in people's minds, Zhang Chaoyang is not so much an Internet elite as an it star. Many young people feel more like teenagers chasing him. His thinking, his westernized temperament, his fashion, the trend He leads, his casual dress, and even his skateboard, all have a strong impact on the life of modern people and today's Internet world. Among the four Internet Celebrities, he has the highest social influence and is far more recognized than the other three. As Zhang Chaoyang frequently appears in the media, it is not surprising that he is regarded as a "celebrity in the Internet world". In various public occasions, Zhang Chaoyang gives full play to his talent of speech and conveys his rich and novel thinking and ideas with humorous and witty speech. In business operation, he is good at using various external relations to promote the development of enterprises.

However, compared with his modern color, it is generally believed that his Chinese culture is not deep enough. In terms of technical literacy, he did not show deep attainments in network technology. With the help of the network management, we can not grasp the overall development of Chaoyang industry. In the external performance, although the eloquence is first-class, but the consistent casual words and deeds, will more or less lead to dissatisfaction. (Sohu News)

In April 2017, it was spread on the Internet that Zhang Chaoyang, CEO of Sohu, fell in love with Taylor Swift, a top-ranking American singer. However, Zhang Chaoyang himself later responded to its arumor! Not a story for foreign women, and he never even heard of Mei Mei.

Classic quotations

< ol > < li > success often leads to the appearance of a super ego in people's self cognition. When this super self appears, his gratitude to the outside world is gone. He takes everything for granted. < / Li > < li > we should dare to employ capable people and not use those who can't. < / Li > < li > when you are anxious, don't try to relieve it. The more you want to solve it, the more anxious you will be. < / Li > < li > if you are an atheist, you don't believe anything, you have no values and no principles, and life is very common. < / Li > < li > we have to believe something to free us from suffering and achieve happiness. Otherwise, people will be very painful. If we don't believe it, I will be happy

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