Chen Tianqiao

Chen Tianqiao

Chen Tianqiao, male, born in May 1973 in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province, is the chairman and CEO of Shanda network. Member of the 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committee. At the same time, he served as Executive Committee of all China Federation of industry and commerce, vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of industry and commerce, vice chairman of Shanghai Youth Federation, etc.

Chen Tianqiao and Luo Qianqian were ranked 82nd in the Hurun 100 rich list in 2018. Ranked 1941 on Forbes' list of global billionaires in 2019.

On February 26, 2020, Chen Tianqiao and Luo Qianqian ranked 386 in the 2020 Shimao Shenzhen Hong Kong International Center · Hurun global rich list with a wealth of 41 billion yuan.

Personal resume

He graduated from Yangjing middle school in 1991 and was admitted to the Department of economics of Fudan University

In 1993, he graduated from Fudan with excellent results one year ahead of schedule and entered the President Office of Lujiazui Group

In 1998, he left Lujiazui Group and joined Jinxin securities company

In 1999, with his wife, brother and classmates, he founded Shanda network and began to make cartoon website

In 2000, Shanda won the venture capital of china.com, and made the development strategy of online Disney

In 2001, Shanda network announced that it had officially entered the interactive entertainment enterprise, and successively operated a number of large-scale online games such as legend, new hero gate, crazy tank, etc. Under the leadership of Mr. Chen, Shanda has become the world's online game operator with the largest number of online users at the same time. Shanda has nearly 60 million registered users and more than 600000 online users, with an average monthly sales of tens of millions of yuan. It has a market share of more than 65% in China and has become the leader of China's interactive entertainment industry.

In 2002, the annual turnover of Shanda network reached 680 million yuan and the net profit was 100 million yuan

In 2003, he was elected alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China

In 2003, it won 40 million US dollars of venture capital from Japan Softbank group, a famous international venture capital institution, and has donated nearly 10 million yuan to hope project.

Before 2004, Tang Jun, President of Microsoft China, joined Shanda as president. Chen Tianqiao continued to serve as chairman and CEO of Shanda. Shanda was listed on NASDAQ. As of July 2004, it has become the second largest Internet company in China.

On May 17, 2004, a sunny day, Chen Tianqiao came to work early as usual. Just the day before yesterday, Shanghai Shanda network, founded by Chen Tianqiao and chairman of the board of directors, was listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States. A week later, the stock trading price rose from $11 to $17. The market value of Shanda network reached 6.5 billion yuan, and the market value of Shanda network shares held by Chen Tianqiao also reached 5 billion yuan.

Shanda network in 2012（ Nasdaq:SNDA ）Privatization, delisting from the United States. Shanda network gradually transformed into an investment holding group. Shanda capital started to operate VC business independently before the delisting of the group. Its investment projects cover games, literature, film and television, music, chess and card, leisure community, life culture, mobile Internet, o2o, big data, cloud computing and other rich fields. The investment stage covers the start-up stage, growth stage, mature stage and post IPO enterprises. There are mainly six funds, including Silicon Valley fund, Youjia fund, black galloping horse fund, Android fund, cultural industry fund and Youcheng fund.

Personal experience

Chen Tianqiao has always been an important student leader in school, and was awarded the only "outstanding student cadre model" title in Shanghai in 1993. After graduation, he successively served as deputy general manager and Secretary of the chairman of the board of directors of Shanghai Lujiazui Group.

At the end of 2002, Chen Tianqiao was successively elected as one of the "top ten it young talents in Shanghai" and "annual cover figure of China's economic contribution in 2003" due to his outstanding contribution to industrial development; Chen Tianqiao is currently a member of the CPPCC National Committee, Executive Committee of the all China Federation of industry and commerce, vice chairman of Shanghai youth development foundation, vice chairman of Shanghai Information Service Industry Association, etc. Mr. Chen Tianqiao is currently the chairman, CEO and President of Shanda network, and is known as "the first person in China's interactive entertainment industry" by foreign media. Chen Tianqiao is the founder of shanda.com. Under his leadership, his business forms go hand in hand from animation community to interactive entertainment industry, making achievements in literature, music, film and television, video, tourism and other fields.

In 2012, Shanda network was successfully privatized, and formally entered into the fields of equity investment, real estate investment and management, venture capital, hedge fund and capital management of large-scale cultural enterprises. The investment involves games, literature, media, publishing, cultural real estate, life services and other industries. In addition to its heavy assets of Internet content and platforms including shengfutong, shengdayun and Shanda Tiandi, it has also invested in more than 100 projects and enterprises, including the electronic ticketing platform Gewala, the largest climate life service app ink weather, the original website of "100000 cold jokes", etc.

On September 5, 2013, Shanda announced that as a major strategy of "online and offline interactive development" of Shanda group, the project of "Shanda Tiandi" cultural and Creative Industrial Park, located in zhangjiangnan District, central, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, has been fully started, and the first phase is expected to be handed over in 2015.

In 2014, Shanda also obtained the business license of Shanghai pilot free trade zone and planned to open the first Sino foreign joint venture bank in the zone. Shanda's long-standing financial sector is ready to go. In 2014, Shanda transferred 40% equity of ku6.com, and Shanda transformed into an investment holding group. In November of the same year, Shanda literature and Shanda game were sold successively. Shanda will rely on the accumulation and advantages of the Internet, and continue to expand to finance, real estate and other fields.

Personal life

Chen Tianqiao and his wife fell in love in July 1999 and got married in September.

At the end of each year, Chen Tianqiao's first drink is to his wife to thank her for her contribution to the company. Up to now, Chen Tianqiao has never thought of weakening the family color. "I don't think there's anything wrong with the family business. When Softbank invested 40 million US dollars in Shanda, it still felt that Shanda's family business was united and efficient." Speaking of his wife, he admitted that his biggest regret was that his wife didn't wear a wedding dress or set up a banquet when she got married, and then he started his business in a hurry.

His wife has never been interviewed by the media. She is a hero behind the scenes in the company. Everyone who knows her well knows that this beautiful and virtuous Hebei girl is the most effective partner in Chen Tianqiao's career. She is easygoing and doesn't like publicity, which is just complementary to Chen Tianqiao's eloquent and passionate personality.

At the beginning of 2012, Shanda network (Group) successfully delisted from NASDAQ. At the age of 30, he is the richest man in China. Chen Tianqiao clearly remembers what his wife said to him at that time, "many people can climb a mountain in their lifetime, but you may be able to climb several mountains in your lifetime." "I began to climb the second and third mountain, but many people like me to drag back to the first mountain and say how you left when you got to the top." Chen Tianqiao said, "in fact, based on the Internet, based on the cultural industry, based on the concept of innovation, based on the means of investment holding, we can climb a higher mountain."

Personal influence

Chen Tianqiao is the founder and leader of China's online game industry. He has created a myth of starting a business from scratch, and his influence is all over the country and the world. Chen Tianqiao ranked among the top ten in the global Chinese businessmen influence list in 2005.

After Shanda network was listed on NASDAQ in May 2004, although many Chinese people have never been exposed to online games, it does not prevent them from clearly calculating Chen Tianqiao's wealth and discussing it endlessly. The market value of Chen Tianqiao's shares once exceeded 12 billion yuan. Chen Tianqiao's influence does not come from wealth alone. Before and after the listing, Shanda launched a series of stormy acquisitions. It successively invested in bothtec, an online game company in Japan, acquired zona, a core game engine R & D company in the United States, and then acquired "winger", a domestic leisure game provider, and "Haofang", an E-sports platform. Until recently, it bought part of the equity of Actoz online game company in South Korea.

Chen Tianqiao is also the best representative of the idol strength School of the young generation of students. The most influential entrepreneur in the eyes of students. The post-80s and post-90s who grew up in the rapid development of the Internet have a strong interest in and pursuit of the network myth created by Chen Tianqiao, which has set an example for them.

At the same time, Chen Tianqiao is also concerned about the Internet access of the elderly and the development of the Internet in poor areas. Shanda won the special contribution award of Shanghai "supporting the elderly online" project in 2004-2006. Since 2010, Shanda has joined hands with Shanghai Information Service Industry Association to carry out "information poverty alleviation" projects in old revolutionary base areas such as Jiangxi and Yunnan, and established more than ten "Shanda computer rooms".

Chen Tianqiao is also an entrepreneur who is enthusiastic about public welfare. Since 2002, he has established hope primary schools in Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia, Anhui, Gansu and other places, and has donated millions of yuan to the hope project. In May 2008, he donated 10 million yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake area, which is the first Internet enterprise to donate to the disaster area, and launched Shanda employees, users and partners to donate 5 million yuan. One million yuan was donated through China Poverty Alleviation foundation to help poor areas. In April 2010, Shanda network donated 1

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