BNET Industries

Market Cap:$2.4B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$246.1M
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Dow Jones Description
Providers of Internet Media for the Chinese Community
Investor
Tae Hea NahmNumber of Employees 2,740
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Software Reproducing: 334611
Recent Events
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SINA Reportedly Returns to Online Gaming Market
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SINA Q3 Profit Declines; Guides Q4 Revenues - Update
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SINA Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
News & Analysis
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SINA to deploy RadWare and Jack Henry announces acquisition.
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SINA to deploy RadWare and Jack Henry announces acquisition.
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Tae Hea Nahm | Investor |
| Charles Chao | President & CEO |
| Herman Yu | Cfo |
| L. C. Chang | Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer |
| Tong Chen | Executive Vice President & Chief Editor |
| Benjamin Tsiang | Executive Vice President, Prod Development |
| Hong Du | Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| Bin Wang | Vice President & General Manager |
| Angela Chen | General Manager |
| SongYi Zhang | Advisory Director |
| Chen Fu | Manager, Investor Relations |
| Hurst Lin | * |
| Duan Yongji | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Joseph Tzeng | Board of Directors |
| Daniel Chiang | Chairman |
| Daniel Mao | Board of Directors |
| Lip-Bu Tan | Board of Directors |
| Pehong Chen | Board of Directors |
| Ter-Fung Tsao | Board of Directors |
| Xiaotao Chen | Board of Directors |
| Yan Wang | Vice Chairman & Interim Chairman |
| Yichen Zhang | Board of Directors |
| Zhang Yi | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Storm Ventures, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Longboard, Inc. | General Partner | Current |
| Silego Technology, Inc. | General Partner, Storm Ventures | Current |
| Storm Ventures, Inc. | General Partner | Current |
| Refyx | Current | |
| 5SQUARE Systems Corporation | Board Director | Current |
| Marketo, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Longboard, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Landec Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Netro Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | partner | Former |
| Venture Law Group | cofounding partner | Former |
| Berkana Wireless, Inc. | co-Chairman, investor | Former |
| The University of Chicago Law School | JD | Former |
| University of Chicago | Jd | Former |
| Harvard College | AB in Applied Mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson Technologies Inc | Managing Director, Crystal Internet Venture Funds | Current |
| Crystal Ventures Llp | Managing Director | Current |
| Synacor, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Vc Demo | Director and Co-Founder, Crystal Ventures | Current |
| Sinacom | Board of Directors | Current |
| Crimson Technologies Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Synacor, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BabyCenter, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cobalt Networks | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Informative, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Exavio, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Intellicorp Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Crimson Technologies Inc | Director, Crystal Internet Venture Funds | Former |
| Infravio, Inc. | Executive | Former |
| The Wall Street Journal | Former | |
| BusinessWeek | Former | |
| Intellicorp Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Drexel University | Ph.D. in electrical engineering and applied physics | Former |
| Case Western Reserve University | M.S. in Computer Engineering and Information Sciences | Former |
| National Chiao Tung University | Undergraduate Degree In Computer Science and Electronics Engineering | Former |
| National Chiao Tung University | undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering | Former |
| Cobalt Networks | Member | Former |
| BabyCenter, LLC | Member | Former |
| Synacor, Inc. | Member | Former |
Charles Chao has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer since May 2006. Mr. Chao has served as our President since September 2005 and as our Chief Financial Officer from February 2001 to May 2006. Mr. Chao served as our Co-Chief Operating Officer from July 2004 to September 2005. Mr. Chao served as our Executive Vice President from April 2002 to June 2003. From September 1999 to January 2001, Mr. Chao served as our Vice President, Finance. Mr. Chao has played a vital role in building SINA into an Internet media and online advertising giant in China. He is largely responsible in the success of our past mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining us, Mr. Chao served as an experienced audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Prior to that, Mr. Chao was a news correspondent at Shanghai Media Group. Mr. Chao is currently 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.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | President & CEO | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Focus Media Holding Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sina Corporation | President & CFO | Former |
| The University of Oklahoma | MA degree in journalism | Former |
| The University of Texas at Austin | master of professional accounting | Former |
| Fudan University | BA degree in Journalism | Former |
Herman Yu has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2007. Mr. Yu has served as our Acting Chief Financial Officer from May 2006 to August 2007 and Vice President and Corporate Controller from September 2004 to May 2006. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Yu worked at Adobe Systems, as the Corporate Marketing Controller from June 2001 to September 2004 and as the Chief Auditor from January 1999 to May 2001. Mr. Yu also held various finance and accounting management positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and VeriFone, Inc. Mr. Yu began his career with Arthur Andersen and is a California Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Yu holds a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Financial Executive Institute (FEI).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Cfo | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer | Current |
Tong Chen has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Editor since February 2007. In 1997, Mr. Chen took part in the founding of SRSnet.com, a division of Beijing Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Co., Ltd. (currently known as Beijing SINA Information Technology Co. Ltd.), one of our subsidiaries, and he formally joined the Company in March 1998. Mr. Chen served as host of our SRSnet.com Sports Salon from April 1997 to August 1998, Chief Editor of our News Center from September 1998 to June 1999, our Content Director from June 1999 to June 2000, Executive Deputy General Manager of our China Operation from June 2000 to May 2002, our Vice President and Chief Editor from May 2002 to November 2003 and our Senior Vice President and Chief Editor from November 2003 to February 2007. Mr. Chen holds an M.B.A. from China-Europe International Business School, an M.A. in Journalism from Renmin University of China, an M.A. in Communications from Beijing Institute of Technology and a B.S. in electronic engineering from Beijing University of Technology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Executive Vice President & Chief Editor | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Executive Vice President, Prod Development | Current |
Hong Du has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since February 2008. Ms. Du joined the Company in November 1999 and worked in the Business Development department until April 2004. From May 2004 to January 2005, Ms. Du served as Deputy General Manager of 1Pai.com, a joint venture between SINA and Yahoo! Ms. Du rejoined the Company in January 2005 and served as our General Manager of Sales Strategy from January 2005 to March 2005, General Manager of Sales from April 2005 to August 2005, Vice President of Sales from September 2005 to February 2007 and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from February 2007 to February 2008. Ms. Du holds a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Harbin Institute of Technology and an M.S. in MIS from San Francisco State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Vice President & General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | General Manager | Current |
| Sybase, Inc. | President | Former |
| Sina Corporation | Director of Sales and Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Advisory Director | Current |
| Arreon Carbon | Chairman | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Director | Current |
| Yale Law School | J.D. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Manager, Investor Relations | Current |
Hurst Lin is also a general partner at Doll Capital Management. A co-founder of SINANET, one of the two companies that became SINA Corporation, he sits the corporation s board of directors and served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, he was a consultant for Ernst & Young s Management Consulting Group. Mr. Lin received his MBA from Stanford University and holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Doll Capital Management | General Partner | Current |
| Sina Corporation | * | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Arreon Carbon | Director | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Stanford University | MBA | Former |
| Dartmouth College | Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering | Former |
Selected in 1998 by Inter@ctive Week Magazine as one of "Asia's Internet Moguls," Mr. Chiang held the position of Chief Executive Officer at SINANET.com before his election as Chairman. Prior to joining SINANET.com in 1996, he was President of Trend Micro, Inc., an international corporation specializing in Internet virus protection and content security for large enterprises. Under Mr. Chiang's leadership, Trend Micro expanded from a 10-person operation to a multi-national company with more than 200 employees and 1997 revenues of $60 million. He holds a master's degree in Political Economy from the University of Texas, Dallas, and a bachelor's degree in Diplomacy from National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Trend Micro Inc. | President | Former |
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| The University of Texas | Master's Degree In Political Economy | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Walden Vc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Sina Corporation | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Walden International | Vice President | Former |
| Walden Vc | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Group Holdings Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Stone Group Holdings Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Sina Corporation | Director | Current |
Lip-Bu Tan has served as a director since March 1999. Mr. Tan is the Founder and Chairman of Walden International, an international venture capital firm founded in 1984. Mr. Tan is currently a director of Creative Technology Ltd., a multimedia technology company, Flextronics International Ltd., an electronics manufacturing services company, Cadence Design Systems Inc., an EDA company, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., a foundry in China, MindTree Consulting, an IT and R&D Services Company, and several other private companies. He holds an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco and a B.S. from Nanyang University, Singapore.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
Pehong Chen has served as a director since March 1999. Mr. Chen has been the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Broadvision, Inc., a software applications company, since May 1993. Prior to founding Broadvision, Mr. Chen was Vice President of Multimedia Technology at Sybase, Inc., an enterprise software company, from 1992 to 1993. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Chen founded and was president of Gain Technology, a multimedia software tools company, which was acquired by Sybase. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from National Taiwan University, an M.S. in Computer Science from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Gain Company | Founder | Former |
Ter Fung Tsao has served as a director since March 1999. Mr. Tsao has served as Chairman of Standard Foods Corporation (formerly known as Standard Foods Taiwan Ltd.), a packaged food company, since 1986. Before joining Standard Foods Taiwan Ltd., Mr. Tsao worked in several positions within The Quaker Oats Company, a packaged food company, in the United States and Taiwan. Mr. Tsao received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, an M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Colorado State University, and a Ph.D. in Food and Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
Yan Wang has served as a director since May 2003 and is currently serving as our Chairman of the Board. Mr. Wang served as our Vice Chairman of the Board from May 2006 to May 2008. Previously, he served as our Chief Executive Officer from May 2003 to May 2006, our President from June 2001 to May 2003, our General Manager of China Operations from September 1999 to May 2001 and as our Executive Deputy General Manager for Production and Business Development in China from April 1999 to August 1999. In April 1996, Mr. Wang founded the SRSnet.com division of Beijing Stone Rich Sight Limited (currently known as Beijing SINA Information Technology Co. Ltd.), one of our subsidiaries. From April 1996 to April 1999, Mr. Wang served as the head of our SRS Internet Group. Mr. Wang holds a B.A. in Law from the University of Paris.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Vice Chairman & Interim Chairman | Current |
Yichen Zhang has served as a director since May 2002. Since August 2003, Mr. Zhang has been the Chief Executive Officer of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited (“CCHL,” formerly known as CITIC Capital Markets Holdings Ltd.), a China-focused investment management and advisory firm. Mr. Zhang served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CCHL from June 2002 to July 2003, and served as an Executive Director of CITIC Pacific Limited and President of CITIC Pacific Communications Limited from March 2000 to May 2002. From September 1996 to February 2000, he served as Managing Director — Debt Capital Markets for Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific), Ltd., an investment banking firm. Mr. Zhang holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
Prior to his current positions at CITIC, Mr. Zhang was the Managing Director of Debt Capital Markets of Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. Before he joined Merrill Lynch, Mr. Zhang had 10 years of experience in finance and capital markets both in Asia and the US. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor degree in computer science from MIT. In addition, he also attended the Sloan School of Management at MIT
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sina Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | Former |
| Volume | 833,299 |
| Shares Outstanding | 54.0M |
| Market Cap | 2.4B |
| Year High | 47.9 |
| Year Low | 9.999 |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.110 |
| P/E Ratio | 41. |
| Dividend | 0.000 |
| Yield | 0.00 |
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