Kingsoft
Pak Kwan KAU, aged 55, was re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director of our Company with effect from 24 October 2011. Mr. KAU has been employed by us since 1988. He graduated from National Defense University of Science and Technology in China in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in Information Management Systems. Between 1984 and 1987, Mr. KAU worked at various Chinese companies as a software developer.
Mr. KAU started Kingsoft Software in 1988, and he was primarily responsible for the development of WPS 1.0 in 1988. Mr. KAU was named as one of the Top Ten Business Persons of the Year in 2000, one of the China Top Financial Figures of the Year in 2001 by CCTV, one of the Ten Most Influential Leaders in China’s Games Industry at the inaugural China Game Industry Annual Conference in January 2005, and one of the Most Outstanding Entrepreneurs at 2009 China Game Industry Annual Conference held in December 2009. Mr. KAU has never held directorship in any other listed public companies. Mr. KAU was appointed as an acting CEO of the Company in December 2007. He was the CEO of the Company from May 2008 to 24 October 2011 when he resigned from the post. Mr. KAU was the Chairman of the board of our Company until 5 July 2011.
Mr KAU is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company.
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Kingsoft
Kingsoft is one of the earliest Internet software companies in China, with four subsidiaries including Xishanju, Cheetah Mobile, Kingsoft Office and Kingsoft Cloud. With the implementation of the "transformation of mobile Internet" strategy, Kingsoft has completed a comprehensive transformation in terms of overall business and management models, and formed a "3+1" business cluster, which is based on interactive entertainment, Internet security and office software. A strategic layout with cloud computing as a new starting point. The company was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Main Board on October 9, 2007, with the stock code 3888.HK. On May 8, 2014, Cheetah Mobile was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock code CMCM. The company has approximately 4,000 employees worldwide, and has R&D centers in Beijing, Zhuhai, Chengdu, Dalian and Guangzhou. It enjoys important market shares in overseas markets such as North America, Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Malaysia. At present, in addition to PC desktop products, the company has strategically deployed the mobile Internet market and released products such as Cheetah Cleanup Master and WPS Office mobile version, ranking first in the world among similar products.