Ex-Google Sales GM Joins Aibang
The Beijing News, 4/19/10
On April 16, former Google China sales GM Song Zhongjie resigned; on April 19, he announced that he would join Beijing-based local search engine Aibang.com as president alongside Aibang CEO Jerry Liu.
Song Zhongjie joined Google China in 2006, and led the Greater China Channel Sales division, the Key Accounts Sales division, and the Import/Export Services division during his tenure at the company.
Editor's Note: Tencent (0700.HK), which has been steadily ramping up its Soso branded online search business since late last year, also owns a stake in Aibang. For more background on this topic, please see "Rumor Update: Tencent Purchases Stake in Aibang", MD 8/03/09 issue.
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