Zhou Hongyi (Chinese: 周鸿祎; pinyin: Zhōu Hóngyī; birthed 4 October 1970) is a Chinese business owner. He is the founder, Chairman and also Chief Executive Officer of the web protection firm Qihoo 360.
Early life
Zhou Hongyi was birthed in Huanggang, Hubei, China. He has a Master of Scientific research level from Xi’an Jiaotong College.
Occupation
Zhou was just one of China’s leader net business owners, establishing 3721 in 1998, an online search engine which sells Chinese-language search phrases for Roman-alphabet domain. 3721 was ultimately obtained by Yahoo in 2004 for USD $120 million with Zhou Yahoo! China’s operation. Nevertheless, with distinctions in between Zhou and also Yahoo’s monitoring, Yahoo ultimately its China operations to Alibaba in 2005 as well as Zhou entrusted to begin Qihoo 360.
Inning accordance with Forbes, Zhou has a projected total assets of $1.4 billion since December 2014.
Personal life
Hongyi Zhou is a co-founder of Qihu 360 and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company since August 2006. Zhou counts over ten years of managerial and operational experience in China’s Internet industry. Prior to founding the company, Zhou was a partner at IDG Ventures Capital since September 2005, a global network of venture capital funds, where he assisted small- to medium-sized software companies in sourcing funding to support their growth. Zhou also functioned as CEO of Yahoo China from January 2004 to August 2005. In 1998 Zhou founded www.3721.com, a company engaged in Internet search and online marketing business in China, and served as its Chairman and CEO until the company was acquired by Yahoo China in January 2004. In 1995.
- Zhou Hongyi is the cofounder, CEO and chairman of Beijing-based Internet security software provider and search company Qihoo 360 Technology.
- Zhou previously founded 3721.com, an online search company that was purchased by Yahoo.
- Qihoo delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2016 then relisted in China in 2018.
Source:
- Wikipedia
- crunchbase.com
- Forbes