Ambassador Detail

Charles Chao
President, CEO and Director of Sina.com

Charles Chao has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of SINA Corporation since May 2006. Prior to this, he served as the Company’s President since September 2005 and Chief Financial Officer from February 2001 to May 2006.

With more than 280 million registered users worldwide, SINA is the most recognised Internet brand name in China and among Chinese communities globally. It has also been recognised as the most valuable brand and the most popular website in China.

Mr. Chao has played a vital role in building SINA into an internet media and online advertising giant in China, and is largely responsible in the success of the company’s past mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Chao worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP and worked as a news correspondent at Shanghai Media Group.

Currently, he is also a director of Focus Media, an out-of-home media and advertising network company, NetDragon Websoft Inc., a company providing technology for online gaming, and E-House (China) Holdings Limited, a company providing real estate services and information in China.

Mr. Chao holds a Master of Professional Accounting degree from University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Journalism from University of Oklahoma and a B.A. in Journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Mr. Chao is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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