Yang Weidong (Chinese: 杨伟东; born 1974) is a Chinese entrepreneur who served as CEO of Youku Tudou from 2016 to 2018 and CEO of AliMusic from May 2018 to December 2018.[1][2][3][4][5]
Yang Weidong | |
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杨伟东 | |
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Hohai University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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Biography edit
Born in 1974, Yang graduated from Hohai University. He joined Nokia Corporation in 2009, and several years later promoted to the Marketing Director position.[6] On June 1, 2012 he joined the MaxTimes and worked there until 28 February 2013.[7] In March 2013, he was recruited by Gu Yongqiang as vice-president and then president of Tudou, where he was promoted to CEO of Youku Tudou in November 2015. In October 2016, Alibaba Cultural Entertainment Group was set up, Yang was appointed CEO of Great Youku Business Group.[8] In May 2018, he concurrently served as CEO of AliMusic. On December 4, 2018, he is being investigated by the police because of economic problems.[9][10][11] He was replaced by Fan Luyuan (Chinese: 樊路远).
References edit
- ^ "Former Youku president Yang Weidong on suspicion of accepting improper payments". South China Morning Post. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Video streaming site Youku's boss under police investigation". sinaEnglish. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Youku chief under police investigation". china.org.cn. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ 杨伟东被查：曾自曝属于“工作狂”，优酷原班人马时代落幕. baidu.com (in Chinese). 2018-12-05.
- ^ 杨伟东优酷历险记：打动了马云，却倒在了贪腐. baidu.com (in Chinese). 2018-12-04.
- ^ 优酷土豆任命原诺基亚高管杨伟东为土豆网总裁. 163.com (in Chinese). 2013-02-04.
- ^ Sun Mingwei (2018-12-04). 麦特文化称早已和优酷原总裁杨伟东决裂：旗下项目被封杀多年. thepaper.cn (in Chinese).
- ^ 阿里巴巴文娱集团架构调整：成立大优酷事业群，杨伟东任总裁. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-11-01.
- ^ RUNHUA ZHAO (4 December 2018). "Video platform Youku's head Yang Weidong under investigation". technode. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Caitlin Morrison (4 December 2018). "Head of Alibaba's streaming platform Youku arrested for 'taking improper payments'". independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Rita Liao (4 December 2018). "Alibaba replaces video streaming boss amid anti-corruption probe". techcrunch. Retrieved 6 December 2018.