People: Taomee Holdings Ltd (TAOM.N)

TAOM.N on New York Stock Exchange

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Liqing Zeng

42 2008 Chairman of the Board

Yunpeng Cheng

2012 President, Director

Haibing Wang

30 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Hinsum Keung

42 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Chenghua Zhu

2012 Executive Vice President

Zhen Wei

36 Chief Technology Officer, Director

Tiefeng Qiang

33 2010 Vice President

JP Gan

41 2012 Independent Director

George Kuan

2012 Independent Director

Ted Lai

2012 Independent Director

Shengwen Rong

2011 Independent Director

Changtian Wang

47 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Liqing Zeng

Mr. Jason Liqing Zeng serves as Chairman of the Board of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Mr. Zeng founded Shenzhen Decent Investment Limited, an investment company which focuses on technology investment, in May 2007 and has served as the chairman since its inception. Previously, Mr. Zeng co-founded Tencent Holdings Limited, an Internet service company in China listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and served as its chief operating officer from 1999 to 2007. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Zeng served as a manager in the Shenzhen Branch of China Telecom Corporation Limited, a company engaging in information service and wired telecommunications and broadband services in China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Zeng is also an independent director of A8 Digital Music Holdings Limited, an integrated digital music company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, a director of Shenzhen Ruigao, and a director of several private companies. Mr. Zeng received his EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in China in 2007 and his bachelor’s degree in computer communication from Xi’an Electronic Technology University in 1993.

Yunpeng Cheng

Mr. Yunpeng Cheng has been appointed as the President, Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd. effective Decenber 03, 2012. Mr. Cheng has served as the Company's director since October 2008. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Cheng worked as an assistant general manager of the advertising department of Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited from 2001 to 2007, primarily responsible for advertising business in East and South China. Mr. Cheng was a sales manager in the Shenzhen Branch of International Network Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a company engaging in Internet portal and related business, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Cheng has approximately ten years of experience in marketing and operations. Mr. Cheng received his bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1999.

Haibing Wang

Mr. Benson Haibing Wang serves as Chief Executive Officer, Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Mr. Wang has served as the Company's director since October 2008. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Wang worked as a project manager at Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited, from 2004 to 2007. Mr. Wang is also a director of Shenzhen Ruigao. Mr. Wang has approximately seven years of experience in the development of online products in China and has formulated ur current strategy and led to growth. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and his master’s degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2001 and 2004, respectively.

Hinsum Keung

Mr. Paul Hinsum Keung serves as Chief Financial Officer of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Keung was a managing director of Oppenheimer Investments Asia since 2009, overseeing the firm’s Asia research practice. Between 2000 and 2008, Mr. Keung was the executive director of CIBC World Markets, where for the majority of his time, he was responsible for coverage of the Internet and Media sectors in the US and China. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Keung was the chief information officer of Wyndham International, a global hospitality company. Between 1994 and 1998, he served in various investment banking and equity research roles at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, PaineWebber Securities, and Salomon Brothers. Mr. Keung currently serves as an Independent director of Sustainable Forest Holdings Limited, a forest management company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Keung obtained his bachelor’s degree in hotel administration from Cornell University and his master’s degree in real estate from New York University.

Chenghua Zhu

Mr. Chenghua Zhu has been appointed as the Executive Vice President of Taomee Holdings Ltd. effective Dece\mber 3, 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zhu worked as a category manager at the China office of The Walt Disney Company, an international family entertainment and media enterprise listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Zhu was a brand manager at the China office of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc., a company engaging in the production of health and personal care products listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2004 to 2005. In 2003, Mr. Zhu worked as a brand supervisor at the China division of Unilever, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhu started his career as a marketing executive at the China office of Yum! Brands, Inc., a restaurant company based in Louisville, Kentucky and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Zhu has approximately 10 years of experience in brand management, entertainment and licensing operation. Mr. Zhu received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fudan University in 2000.

Zhen Wei

Mr. Crow Zhen Wei serves as Chief Technology Officer, Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Mr. Wei has served as the Company's director since October 2008. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Wei worked as a software engineer at Novell China Inc., a company engaging in infrastructure software business, from 2006 to 2007. Mr. Wei was a system architecture designer and project manager at Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Wei was a software engineer at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a China-based telecom solutions provider, from July 2003 to December 2003. Mr. Wei has approximately eight years of experience in software and Internet technology. Mr. Wei received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and his master’s degree in computer science from University of Science and Technology of China in 1999 and 2003, respectively.

Tiefeng Qiang

Ms. Tiffany Tiefeng Qiang serves as Vice President of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Qiang worked as a vice president of Qiming Venture Partners from 2007 to 2010, where she conducted a portfolio of investment projects in internet and consumer industry and managed the portfolio companies after investment. Prior to that, Ms. Qiang was a financial analyst in both industrial and capital divisions at General Electric Company, a company providing technology, media and financial services listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2005 to 2007. Ms. Qiang received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2001 and her master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University in 2005.

JP Gan

Mr. JP Gan has been appointed as Independent Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd., effective June 9, 2012. Mr. Gan has been serving as a managing director and a member of the investment committee of Qiming Venture Partners, a private equity firm affiliated to the Qiming Funds, since 2007. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Gan was the chief financial officer of Kongzhong Corporation, a Nasdaq listed wireless Internet company. Prior to joining Kongzhong, Mr. Gan was a director of the Carlyle Group responsible for venture capital investments in the Greater China region from 2000 to 2005. Mr. Gan worked at the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch, in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2000, and worked at PricewaterhouseCooper LLP in the United States from 1994 to 1997. Currently, Mr. Gan is also an independent director of Ctrip.com International Limited and Cogo Group, Inc, both of which are Nasdaq-listed companies, a director of Elyn Corporation, an affiliate, and Elyn Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Taiwan Taomee Co., Ltd., and a director of several private companies. Mr. Gan obtained his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Iowa. He is a certified public accountant in the United States.

George Kuan

Mr. George Kuan has been appointed as Independent Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd., effective June 9, 2012. He has been the Chief Information Officer at Nike Inc. Greater China since 2010. Prior to joining Nike Inc., he was the Chief Information Officer for the Greater China region at Coca-Cola (China) Beverages, Ltd. from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining Coca-Cola (China) Beverages, Ltd., Mr. Kuan worked at several well-known multinational corporations, including SAP, Oracle Corporation and BMC Software Inc. Mr. Kuan earned his bachelor's degree in business administration in finance from the University of Houston in 1996, his master of science in management and systems from New York University in 2004, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the International School of Management in 2011.

Ted Lai

Mr. Ted Lai has been appointed as Independent Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd., effective June 9, 2012. Mr. Ted Lai is currently the executive vice president for Asia of BBC Worldwide, responsible for strategic development across the Asia region, driving growth through new brand, product and service initiatives. Before joining BBC, Mr. Lai spent more than a decade working for Time Warner with his last role being senior vice president of Warner Bros. International TV. Previously, Mr. Lai was a business development and product management executive in the digital media industry, having worked in several high-profile companies, including idealab's FreePC from inception to merger and initial public offering. He also developed strategic plans for theme parks and location-based entertainment centers for the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Lai earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and master's and bachelor's degrees in engineering at Stanford University.

Shengwen Rong

Mr. Shengwen Rong, CPA, serves as Independent Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd. Mr. Rong has been the chief financial officer of Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd, a NYSE-listed company, since April 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Rong had been the chief financial officer of two privately held education companies in China since April 2008. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Rong held multiple financial management positions at Google, Inc. Solectron Corp., and Siebel Systems. Mr. Rong obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Renmin University of China in 1991, a master’s degree in professional accountancy from West Virginia University in 1996 and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago in 2000. Mr. Rong is a certified public accountant in the United States.

Changtian Wang

Mr. Changtian Wang has been appointed as Independent Director of Taomee Holdings Ltd., effective June 9, 2012. Mr. Changtian Wang is the chairman and chief executive officer of Beijing Enlight Media Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He has more than twenty years' experience in media industry. Before founding Beijing Enlight Media Co., Ltd., Mr. Wang worked for some television channels and newspapers in China, such as Beijing Television. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Fudan University.

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