Zhang Chaoyang, 1964,10,31,a native of Xi City, Shaanxi Province. His native place is Xi 'an and his ancestral home is Jin Meng. He graduated from the Department of Physics in Tsinghua University, and in the same year, he won the Li Zhengdao Scholarship to study in the United States. 1993 after receiving his doctorate from MIT, he continued his postdoctoral research at MIT. Entrepreneur, chairman of the board of directors of Sohu, CEO, founder of Sohu.

1964 65438+1October 3 1 Born in xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, I live in the family hospital of Tianwang factory in the eastern suburb of Xi 'an, and my parents are both doctors. His parents are very tolerant of him, giving him room for free development, which has a great influence on his future development.

Zhang Chaoyang's career

1996 With the support of venture capital from Professor Negroponte, director of MIT Media Lab, and Professor Edward Robert, MIT Si Long Business School, ATTEX Company was established, becoming the first Internet company established by venture capital in China. On February 25th, 1998, ATTEX officially launched Sohu products and changed its name to Sohu Company. In July 2000, 12 was successfully listed on Nasdaq.

On July 17, 2002, Sohu broke the Internet deadlock in China and made a profit. In the same year, 10, 17 attended the 2002 Ford Environmental Award as a guest judge. In 2003, it ranked second only to Ding Lei in the wealth list of listed companies in China. Zhang Chaoyang was also named as one of the top 50 IT billionaires in China in 2003 by Hurun. On March 6th 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 Congress.