People: Youku Tudou Inc (YOKU.N)

YOKU.N on New York Stock Exchange

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Wing Cheung Koo

 45 2005 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Dele Liu

 43 2012 President, Director

Ge Xu

 42 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Yawei Dong

 41 2011 Senior Vice President - Sales

Ming Wei

 37 2007 Senior Vice President - Operations

Jian Yao

 36 2007 Chief Technology Officer

Xiangyang Zhu

 40 2006 Chief Editor

Jixun Foo

 2012 Director

Gary Wei Wang

 2012 Director

George Baker

 69 2007 Independent Director

Nicholas Lawler

 31 2008 Independent Director

Zongwei Li

 39 2010 Independent Director

Ye Sha

 40 2010 Independent Director

Jia Zhu

 50 2007 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Wing Cheung Koo

 Mr. Wing Cheung Koo is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Youku Inc. He is the founder of company. Mr. Koo has served as the chairman of board of directors and chief executive officer since inception in September 2005. He has over 12 years of experience in Internet and media-related industries in China. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Koo worked at Sohu, China’s Internet portal that is listed on the NASDAQ. Mr. Koo served in various positions at Sohu, including as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, helping to grow Sohu from an early-stage company to a listed Internet media property in China. Prior to joining Sohu, Mr. Koo held various senior positions in Richina Capital Partners Limited, a China-based private equity firm from 1994 to 1999, including vice president and director of business development. Prior to that, Mr. Koo worked at Procter & Gamble Co. in Hong Kong in 1993 and Bain & Company in San Francisco from 1989 to 1992. Mr. Koo received an MBA degree from Stanford University and was a Regents’ Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor’s degree.

Dele Liu

 Mr. Dele Liu serves as President, Director of Youku Inc. He has been appointed as President and resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of the Company, effective July 1, 2012. He has served as director since November 2010, and served as chief financial officer and senior vice president since 2006. He has ten years of experience in the private equity industry in China. Prior to joining company, Mr. Liu was a vice president of Power Pacific Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada from 1996 to 2005, during which time he also served on the board of directors of a number of private companies. Mr. Liu worked at Richina Capital Partners Limited as an investment manager from 1995 to 1996. Mr. Liu attended an executive program for management development at Harvard Business School in 2001 and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Shanghai Maritime University.

Ge Xu

 Mr. Ge Xu has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Youku Inc., effective July 1, 2012. He served as Senior Vice President - Finance of the Company. Before he joined Youku in September 2011, Michael Xu held various senior executive positions at Chinese technology and media companies, including Lenovo, Alibaba, and Focus Media. Prior to that, Xu worked at Cisco Systems in the US and as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Beijing. Xu holds an MBA degree and a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Texas and a bachelor's degree in economics from Beijing Institute of International Relations.

Yawei Dong

 Mr. Yawei Dong is Senior Vice President - Sales of Youku Inc. He has served as senior vice president of sales since 2006. Prior to joining company, Mr. Dong was operating director of Shanghai Aowei Digital Media Advertising Co., Ltd. from 2005 through 2006. From 2001 to 2005, he was sales manager of Sohu Shanghai. From 2000 to 2001, he was operating director of Shanghai Shenguang Technology Development Co. From 1996 to 2000, he was account director of Hangzhou Xincheng Advertising Co., Ltd. Mr. Dong holds an MBA degree from Zhe Jiang University and a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from Zhejiang Radio and Television University.

Ming Wei

 Mr. Ming Wei is Senior Vice President - Operations of Youku Inc., since 2007. Mr. Wei has served at various positions in company since 2007, including senior vice president, vice president and assistant to the chief executive officer. Mr. Wei leads sales team. Prior to joining company, he worked as a sales director of Focus.cn, a real estate website in China operated by Sohu, from 2005 to 2007. From 2000 to 2005, he worked as sales manager and then assistant to the president of Sohu, where he was responsible for operations of various commercial projects. Mr. Wei received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Southwest University.

Jian Yao

 Mr. Jian Yao is Chief Technology Officer of Youku Inc., since 2007. He serves as chief architect from 2006 to 2007. Before joining company, Mr. Yao served as the chief technology officer of Sino Credit Technologies (China) Inc., a credit card marketing portal in China, from 2005 to 2006, responsible for technology product development. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Yao was the technology director at an affiliate of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., a NYSE-listed company. From September 2000 to June 2002 and from April 2003 to May 2004, Mr. Yao was head of network operations at Sohu, responsible for 24-7 operational maintenance of Sohu. Mr. Yao received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University.

Xiangyang Zhu

 Mr. Xiangyang Zhu is Chief Editor of Youku Inc., since 2006. Mr. Zhu established and leads content team. Before joining company, he worked at Beijing Flying Network Music Software Development Co., Ltd. as a content director from 2004 to 2005. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the content director at China Guangya Radio Information Internet Ltd., where he was responsible for professional content syndication services. From 1999 to 2001, he worked at Sohu, building up its music and movie channels. Mr. Zhu attended the undergraduate program in Nanjing Political Institute and received a junior college diploma from Anhui University.

Jixun Foo

 Mr. Jixun Foo has been appointed as Director of Youku Tudou Inc., effective August 23, 2012. Mr. Foo is a partner at GGV Capital, which was a pre-IPO investor in Tudou. Mr. Foo joined GGV Capital in 2006 and has more than 12 years experience in venture capital investing and working with Asian entrepreneurs. Mr. Foo serves on the board of directors of a number of GGV Capital portfolio companies. Mr. Foo's work experience prior to joining GGV Capital includes serving as a director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, heading up the Investment Group with the Finance & Investment Division, National Science & Technology Board of Singapore (NSTB), and being an R&D project group leader at Hewlett Packard. Mr. Foo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a First-Class Honors degree in engineering and received a master of science degree in management of technology from the University's Graduate School of Business.

Gary Wei Wang

 Mr. Gary Wei Wang has been appointed as Director of Youku Tudou Inc., effective August 23, 2012. Mr. Wang is the founder of Tudou, a Internet video company in China and which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company upon the completion of the Merger, and was the chairman and chief executive officer of Tudou prior to the completion of the Merger. Prior to founding Tudou, Mr. Wang served as the corporate development director of Bertelsmann Group, an international media company, and also served as the managing director of Bertelsmann Online China, a company operating the e-commerce businesses of Bertelsmann Group in China, from 2003 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Wang worked with Hughes Electronics, a provider of digital television entertainment and satellite and wireless systems and services. Mr. Wang received his MBA degree from INSEAD in 2002, his master's degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University in 1999, and his bachelor's degree in international business from the College of Staten Island in 1995.

George Baker

 Mr. George Leonard Baker, Jr., is Independent Director of Youku Inc., since 2007. Since 1973, Mr. Baker has been a managing director of the general partner of Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Baker currently serves on the board of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, which is a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, as well as a number of private companies. He also serves as a director of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Special Investments Pte Ltd., a global investment management company managing Singapore’s foreign reserves. Mr. Baker is a trustee of Yale University, where he chairs the finance committee and serves on the investment committee. Mr. Baker received an MBA degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Yale University.

Nicholas Lawler

 Mr. Nicholas Frederick Lawler is Independent Director of Youku Inc., since June 2008. Mr. Lawler has worked at Maverick Capital, Ltd. and its affiliates, or Maverick, one of shareholders since 2004, as a financial analyst and then managing director in the media and telecom sector. Starting in 2010, he became the Asian sector head for Maverick. Mr. Lawler received a bachelor’s degree in economics with a concentration in finance with high distinction from the University of Virginia.

Zongwei Li

 Mr. Zongwei Li, CPA, is Independent Director of Youku Inc., since November 2010. Mr. Li currently serves as an executive director and the chief financial officer of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, or Yingli, a vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer in China listed on the NYSE. Prior to joining Yingli in November 2006, Mr. Li served as a senior audit manager and an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 11 years. Mr. Li received a master’s degree in business administration from Olin School of Business of Washington University, and he graduated from the mechanical engineering department of Shanghai Institute of Technology and from the international finance and insurance department of Shanghai Institute of Business and Administration. Mr. Li is a certified member of Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Ye Sha

 Mr. Ye Sha is Independent Director of Youku Inc., since November 2010. Mr. Sha has been a managing director of Chengwei Ventures since 2009. He also serves as a director of Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Company Limited, an optical manufacturing company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Sha was the general manager of the China business at Convergys Corporation. From 2000 to 2008, he was the founder and chief executive officer of BMI Asia Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Convergys Corporation. Mr. Sha received a master’s degree in computer science from Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Jia Zhu

 Mr. Jia Zhu is Independent Director of Youku Inc., since 2007. Mr. Zhu has served as the managing director of Bain Capital Asia LLC, or Bain Capital, since 2006, where he is responsible for private equity investment activities in Asia and serves on the boards of Bain Capital’s various portfolio companies, including SinoMedia Holding Limited and GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited, both of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Zhu worked at Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 1995 to 2006, where he became managing director in 2000 and chief executive officer of China business in 2004. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Zhu worked with Shearman & Sterling from 1992 to 1994 as an attorney. Mr. Zhu is also a board member of Nanjing University and the Hong Kong Ballet. Mr. Zhu received a J.D. degree from Cornell Law School, a master’s degree from Nanjing University and a bachelor’s degree from Zhengzhou University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Wing Cheung Koo

 --

Dele Liu

 --

Ge Xu

 --

Yawei Dong

 --

Ming Wei

 --

Jian Yao

 --

Xiangyang Zhu

 --

Jixun Foo

 --

Gary Wei Wang

 --

George Baker

 --

Nicholas Lawler

 --

Zongwei Li

 --

Ye Sha

 --

Jia Zhu

 --
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Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Wing Cheung Koo

 0 0

Dele Liu

 0 0

Ge Xu

 0 0

Yawei Dong

 0 0

Ming Wei

 0 0

Jian Yao

 0 0

Xiangyang Zhu

 0 0

Jixun Foo

 0 0

Gary Wei Wang

 0 0

George Baker

 0 0

Nicholas Lawler

 0 0

Zongwei Li

 0 0

Ye Sha

 0 0

Jia Zhu

 0 0

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