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Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Biography Revised: 6/29/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Biography
Victor Koo (Gu Yongkeng), male, Han nationality, graduated from the University of California, Berkley. He received a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University and also studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and Peking University.
Victor Koo, whose Chinese name is Gu Yongkeng, has considerable experience with multinational corporations. He spent three years working for Bain & Company, a management-consulting firm and also was involved with Procter & Gamble International in Hong Kong. During the mid to late 1990s, he was the vice-president of the Richina Group and supervised media, entertainment, and industrial projects.
In 1999, he became the senior vice-president and chief financial office at Sohu.com. In this capacity, he directed corporate development strategy and new business developments. In 2002, he became the chief operating office of Sohu.com, with the responsibility of overseeing business operations and developments.
Career Data
| 2001— | Chief Operating Officer, Sohu.com | |
| 1999—2001 | Senior Vice-President, Sohu.com | |
| 1999—2001 | Chief Financial Officer, Sohu.com | |
| Graduate, University of California USA, California, Berkeley |
