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Market Cap:$8.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$506.5M
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Focus Media is focused on delivering advertising to China's rising business class. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, Focus Media Holding Limited (NASDAQ-GM: FMCN) manages advertisement displays on flat-panel televisions in high-traffic areas. The company has over 35,000 display units in office lobbies, chain stores, country clubs, and other venues. It operates in 44 cities in China, marketing over 500 Chinese and international brands. The company had 2005 revenue of about $68.2 million and employs about 3,250 people. In January 2006, it acquired Infoachieve Limited and its Framedia subsidiary.

Chief Executive Officer
Jason Nanchun Jiang
Number of Employees 3,250
Contact Information

28-30/F, Zhao Feng World Trade Building

369 Jiangsu Road

Shanghai

www.focusmedia....

(86) 86-21-3212-4661

NAICS Code Advertising Agencies: 541810

Recent Events

  • Sina, Focus Media $1.66 billion deal likely dead

    9/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Roth Downgrades Focus Media FMCN to Sell, $8.50 Price Target

    9/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SINA, Focus Media, Sohu.com,

    9/30/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Sina, Focus Media drop $1.4 bil merger

    9/28/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Oscar Gruss Downgrades Focus Media FMCN to Hold

    9/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Focus Media FMCN Announces Change to Board of Directors

    9/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story

  • Focus Media Announces Joint Termination of Asset Sale Agreement with SINA Corporation

    9/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Deutsche Bank Downgrades Focus Media FMCN to Hold; Ad Spending Recovery May Be Slower Than...

    9/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Failure of Focus Media Takeover Good and Bad for SINA

    9/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Sina's Second-Quarter Profit Sinks

    8/31/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Focus Media Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

    6/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story

  • SINA to Merge Focus Media in Q3

    6/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Sina.com 1Q profit falls 31 percent on ad slowdown

    6/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

focus media holding ltd. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jason Nanchun Jiang Chief Executive Officer
Cindy Yan Chan Chief Strategy Officer
Daniel Mingdong Wu CFO
Diana Congrong Chen Chief Marketing Officer
Acer Jiawei Zhang Vice President
Ergo Xueyuan Liu Vice President
Jie Chen Manager, Media & Investor Relations
Charles Guo Wei Cao
Jason Nanchun
Nanchun Jiang Jason
Wei Yu Jimmy

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Charles Chao Board of Directors
Daqing Qi Board of Directors
Eric Rosenkranz Board of Directors
Fumin Zhou Board of Directors
Fumin Zhuo Board of Directors
Jimmy Wei Yu Board of Directors
Joyce I-Yin Hsu Board of Directors
Shangzhi Wu Board of Directors
Ted Tak Dee Sun Board of Directors

Mr. Jason Nanchun Jiang is an independent director of our company. He has served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Focus Media Holding Limited since 2003. From 1994 to 2003, Mr. Jiang was the chief executive officer of Everease Advertising Corporation, which is one of the top 50 advertising agencies in China. Starting in 2003, Mr. Jiang was general manager of Aiqi Advertising, an advertising company founded by his immediate family members in 1997, which was renamed Focus Media Advertisement in May 2003 in connection with the establishment of its current business operations. Mr. Jiang received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese language and literature from Huadong Normal University in 1995.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Chief Executive Officer Current
Focus Media Holding Limited Chairman of The Board of Directors Current
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Director Current
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current
Focus Media, Inc Chief Executive Officer Former
Focus Media, Inc Chairman of The Board of Directors Former
Peak Co., Inc. Chairman of The Board of Directors Former

Cindy Yan Chan joined Focus Media as chief strategy officer in August 2005. Before joining Focus Media, Ms. Chan was Deputy General Manger for iMPACT of ZenithOptimedia from 2000 to 2005. In this capacity, she built the iMPACT, ZenithOptimedia’s outdoor media department that provides its advertising clients with outdoor media solutions and full media services including outdoor media planning and negotiation, monitoring the effectiveness of outdoor media and researching the development of outdoor media and new media. Ms. Chan has also published articles on the theory of outdoor media and China’s outdoor media market and has been quoted in publications such as Forbes magazine. Prior to ZenithOptimedia, Ms. Chan had five years of sales and marketing experience in a joint-venture electronic equipment company and ten years of experience in Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Labor. Ms. Chan holds master’s degree in Economics from NanKai University.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Chief Strategy Officer Current
ZenithOptimedia outdoor media buyer Former
NanKai University master's degree in Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited CFO Current
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. vice president Former
Columbia Business School MBA degree Former
State University of New York at Buffalo B.A. degree Former

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Chief Marketing Officer Current
Zhejiang University B.A degree in journalism Former

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Vice President Current

Ergo Liu has been our vice president of operations since November 2004. From May 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Liu was the general manager of Focus Media Advertisement. Prior to joining us, Mr. Liu was the chairman and chief executive officer of Beijing Fanen Changmei Advertising Co., Ltd. from June 2002 to April 2003. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Liu was the general manager of Manager Magazine. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Liu worked in Business Department of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Group) Corp. and was a vice president of Yigao Electronics Co., Ltd. Mr. Liu received a B.A. degree in Chinese literature from Huadong Technology University.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Manager, Media & Investor Relations Current

Charles Guowei Cao has served as our director since November 2005. Mr. Cao is President and Chief Financial Officer of SINA, a leading online media company and value-added information service provider for China and for global Chinese communities. Mr. Chao joined SINA as Vice President of Finance in September 1999 and has since played a vital role in the success of the Company's past mergers and acquisitions and in forming such strategic alliances with Coca-Cola, ChinaHR, Elong and BBK. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Chao served as an experienced audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Big Four accounting firm, providing auditing and business consulting services for high tech companies in Silicon Valley, California. Mr. Chao received his Master of Professional Accounting from University of Texas at Austin. He also holds an MA degree in Journalism from University of Oklahoma and a BA degree 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.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Current
The Coca-Cola Company Former
The University of Texas at Austin Master of Professional Accounting Former
The University of Oklahoma MA degree in Journalism Former
Fudan University BA degree in Journalism Former

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Current

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

Daqing Qi was appointed as our director in February 28, 2006 upon the closing of our acquisition of Target Media. Professor Qi is professor of accounting and associate dean of the Cheong Kong Graduate School of Business, dwhere he has taught since 2002. From 1996 until 2002, Professor Qi was an associate professor in the School of Accountancy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Qi also has extensive experience in providing executive training and consulting services in accounting and corporate finance to government departments and private companies, including the Ministry of Information Industries of the People’s Republic of China, the Shanghai Municipal Government, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, China Netcom, Nokia and Ericsson. Professor Qi also serves on the board of directors of Sohu.com, a Nasdaq-listed company that provides online services in China. Professor Qi holds a B.S. degree in biophysics and a B.A. degree in journalism from Fudan University, an MBA degree from the University of Hawaii Manoa with a concentration in accounting and finance and a Ph.D. degree in accounting from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management of Michigan State University.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current
Focus Media Holding Limited Vice Chairman Current

Fumin Zhuo has served as our director since December 2004 and has more than 27 years of experience in investment and corporate management. Mr. Zhuo is Chairman of the board for Chengfu Enterprise Management Company since September 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Zhuo has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Vertex China Investment Fund (VCI), a fund concentrating in investments in the Greater China region, since he joined the fund in July 2002. From 1995 to July 2002, Mr. Zhuo was chief executive officer of Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation and chairman of SIIC Medical Science & Technology (Group). Prior to this, starting in 1987, Mr. Zhuo served as chief assistant officer of the Shanghai Economic System Reform Committee. Mr. Zhuo has extensive experience in venture capital fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, and investment management. Mr. Zhuo graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a degree in enterprise management and also holds a Master's degree in economics from Fudan University.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Jimmy Wei Yu has served as our director since May 2003. Mr. Yu is the chairman and chief executive officer of United Capital Investment (China) limited, which is one of our principal shareholders and the management company of United China Investment Limited and KTB/UCI China Ventures I Limited and UCI China Venture II Limited. Mr. Yu is also the Chairman of Shanghai Multimedia Park Venture Capital, a position he has held since 2003. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Yu served in various capacities in several telecommunications companies, including as Chief Representative of UTStarcom (Hong Kong) Ltd. He also has been the Chief Representative of Softbank China Venture Capital, which is the management company of SB China Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of our shareholders since its incorporation in 1999.

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current
United Capital Corp. chief executive officer Former

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Media Holding Limited Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Touch screens offer new ad strategy

    Shanghai Daily - 9/04/09 - View Story

  • Sina Corp profits on way up

    Shanghai Daily - 9/02/09 - View Story

  • Sina May Alter Focus Media Deal

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 9/02/09 - View Story

  • SINA Corporation (SINA) reports 3rd Quarter ending September 2009 above estimates

    Earnings Whispers - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • China's Sina eyes changes to save $1.4 billion deal

    Reuters - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 4-China's Sina eyes changes to save $1.4 bln deal

    Reuters - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • SINA Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 3-China's Sina eyes changes to save big media merger

    Reuters - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • China's Sina holds out hope for big media merger

    Reuters - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • Sina says in talks to extend or alter Focus deal

    Forbes.com - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • Sina says in talks to extend or alter Focus deal

    Reuters - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • Sina CEO: Focus Media Deal Unlikely To Be Approved By Sep 30

    Morningstar.com - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • SINA Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

    Montana's News Station - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • SINA Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • Sina's Second-Quarter Profit Sinks

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/31/09 - View Story

  • Sina may scrap Focus deal as deadline nears

    South China Morning Post - 8/20/09 - View Story

  • DEALTALK-Beijing puts giant media marriage on the rocks

    Forbes.com - 8/20/09 - View Story

  • DEALTALK-Beijing puts giant media marriage on the rocks

    Reuters - 8/20/09 - View Story

  • Beijing puts giant media marriage on the rocks

    Reuters - 8/20/09 - View Story

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FMCN $12.83 -0.12 (-0.93% )
Volume 999,826
Shares Outstanding 643.1M
Market Cap 8.2B
Year High 15.31
Year Low 4.84
Earnings Per Share -6.060
P/E Ratio N/A
Dividend 0.00
Yield 0.00
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