This is a year of rapid transformation of China society from an information power to an information power. This is a year when China's IT industry gradually integrates with globalization and tends to be synchronized. It is a year in which IT enterprises seek multi-dimensional core competitiveness and profit growth points. It was a year when they abandoned blindness, refused impetuousness and returned to rationality. It is a year of talented people, each leading the way and making waves. This is the year when innovation was introduced, connecting the past with the future and opening up the future.
At the end of the year. IT is an appropriate time to describe the growth of IT industry in China in 2005, select those financial figures who have a far-reaching influence on IT industry in China, circle those IT enterprises that have found another way to build brands, and circle their "unusual" market planning cases.
At this time, after more than one month of planning, sea election (sampling survey), finalist screening, candidate nomination, expert review and other procedures, the "Top Ten IT Financial People and Top Ten Market Planning in China" was also announced in the third financial year.
The selection was made by Financial Times, Beijing News, Internet Weekly, Sina, Sohu, Netease, Tom Online, Tencent, He Xun, Yahoo China, Silicon Valley Power, Tianji.com, CCID.com, 2 1CN, IT 168, blogs China, Qianlong.com, Zhongguancun Online and China.
This is another grand event launched by the Financial Times following the successful holding of the first and second "Top Ten IT Finance Figures and Top Ten Market Plans in China" in 2003 and 2004.
Li yanhong
Reason for selection: On the evening of August 5th, Baidu, founded and led by Li Yanhong, was listed on NASDAQ in the United States, and its unprecedented one-day increase set a new record for the one-day increase of foreign stocks in US stocks since 2 13. Robin Li, who devoted himself to searching for him, has become one of the few top figures on the Internet in China.
In fact, concentration is what makes Li Yanhong different. Because of his concentration, he first created ESP technology and applied it to the search engine of INFOSEEK/GO. Because of his concentration, he took the lead in solving the problem of perfect combination of ranking based on web page quality and ranking based on relevance, and developed cutting-edge search technologies including GO.COM image search engine, bidding ranking and MP3 search. Similarly, due to his dedication, Baidu's share in the China market, which has the second largest number of Internet users in the world and great potential, has surpassed Google 10 percentage point and become the first in the search field in China.
The resume of 37-year-old Li Yanhong is not complicated. 199 1 Peking University graduated from information management, then went to the United States for further study, and worked in several multinational companies after graduation. Years of accumulation have finally made Baidu what it is today.
Wu Shixiong
Reason for selection: In the third quarter of this year, Wu Shixiong, who enjoys the reputation of "President of China Science and Technology Marketing Whampoa Military Academy", officially took over the post of CEO of EBAY and began to be fully responsible for the strategy and operation of eBay. With the market experience of many world-renowned multinational companies and familiarity with the domestic e-commerce market, Wu's joining is naturally expected to consolidate EBAY's leading position. After Wu's arrival, eBay has 65% market share and more than13.2 million registered users in the online trading market in China, and still occupies the first position in the market.
Before joining EBAY, Wu Shixiong was the chief marketing officer of Microsoft Greater China. 1994 to 2000, served as the marketing director of Intel Corporation in Taiwan Province, China and Chinese mainland, responsible for the brand and product promotion of Pentium processors and the marketing cooperation planning of INTEL INSIDE. From 2000 to 20001year, he served as the general manager of China District of Kubit Auction Network. Wu, who has ten years of experience in China market, is the best choice for eBay, which needs to complete localization quickly.
Xin Xu
Reason for selection: Who contributed to the first large-scale Internet merger and acquisition in China this year? The answer is Ms. Xin Xu, the original investor and chairman of ChinaHR.com. At the beginning of 2005, with the help of Ms. Xin Xu, American Monster, the world's largest online recruitment group, invested $50 million to acquire a 40% stake in ChinaHR. MONSTER accounts for 50% of the online recruitment market in the United States, serves more than 28 million job seekers, has more than 45.5 million resume databases, and ranks 14 in the world in terms of website visits. Holding it in your arms is tantamount to giving ChinaHR.com a shot in the arm to seize the market leader and land on Nasdaq in the future.
As an investor with 65,438+00 years' experience in private equity and venture capital, Xu Xin has been the manager of Hong Kong Peregrine Direct Investment Company, the senior auditor of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and the head office manager of Bank of China. 65438-0998 Joined Baring Investment (Asia) Co., Ltd. as the director and general manager of China. In a few years, the total return on investment reached 95%, and the average return was 2.4 times that of investment. During this period, she also served as the director of several listed companies. Because of its outstanding performance, it was awarded the title of "25 Most Influential People in Asia" by Business Weekly in 2004 and "Most Influential Venture Capitalist" by the Asia-Pacific Venture Capitalist Summit in 2005.
Ke zhangyu
Reason for selection: As the general manager of HP Greater China Print Imaging and Consumer Market Group, Ke Zhangyu is responsible for ensuring the sales and profitability of its products, including inkjet printers, photo printers, laser printers, digital output systems, digital projection equipment and other digital imaging equipment. His work scope also includes launching different development plans for consumer products to promote the sustained growth of sales. The business scope of the printing and copying department covers the sales of all HP images and printing products, the operation of chain suppliers, transaction development, customer support and department management, which has always been the top priority of HP's business and a major contributor to HP's revenue. In 2005, Zhang Yu led the implementation of HP's digital imaging strategy in China, and launched a revolutionary new printing platform SPT full-dimensional printing engine, which once again established HP's position as the "king of printers".
Prior to this, Dick Zhang Yu worked at HP for more than 28 years, of which 265,438+0 years were related to the business in the Asia-Pacific region. He first worked as a marketing product manager and then transferred to the United States as a computer engineering consultant. In 1980s, he returned to Asia, and successively served as HP's commercial consumption sales manager, partner and alliance manager, and computer sales and marketing manager in China. After that, he served as the general manager of China for eight years and began to be fully responsible for the business in Greater China, South Korea and India.