Wang Xing is the Founder of Meituan-Dianping group (Meituan.com), a combination of Groupon, Yelp, and Deliveroo like online service providers that specialize in daily deals, restaurant reviews, and food and goods delivery services. He is the Chairman and CEO of one of largest Chinese online and on-demand delivery platform that was founded in 2010. As Meituan-Dianping CEO, Wang is focused on expanding his company’s reach into travel booking, movie ticketing, food delivery, payments, bike sharing, and ride-hailing. He is also planning to take his pioneering restaurant review and delivery company public in 2018.

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Meituan-Dianping Competitors

One of the largest Chinese online and on-demand delivery platforms in the world, Meituan-Dianping is racing against the likes of:

Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation

Wang’s estimated net worth is around 4.1 Billion USD. His salary will be shared soon.

The Chinese technology company Meituan-Dianping is estimated to have a valuation of around 30 billion USD. Currently, it is seeking an IPO valuation of 60 billion USD.

Till 2016, the company raised a total of more than 3.3 billion USD in funding from reputed investors like Sequoia Capital (12 million USD), General Atlantic (300 million USD), and others.

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Career & Education – Company, University, & College                                  

Meituan CEO and Founder Wang is a serial entrepreneur since a very young age. Before Meituan, he created a Twitter-like platform called Fanfou.com in 2007 and served the company as its CEO. He was in-charge of the company till 2010. Prior to that, in 2005, he made xiaonei.com, a social networking site and run it as the CEO. The company was sold in 2006 and rebranded as renren.com. Today, it’s one of the biggest social networking sites in China.

Xing has done a degree course in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua (also Qinghua) University in Beijing. After that, he went to University of Delaware for a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering.

Contact Wang Xing – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn

Meituan Founder Xing Wang has a LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wangxing. His email ID and other contact detail will be updated soon.

Wiki Trivia on Wang Xing – Age, Family & More

Meituan-Dianping CEO Wang Xing, age 39, was born in Longyan, Fujian Province. He has been an adventurous entrepreneur. When he was 26 years, Xing with his Qinghua University mates Jacky, Wang Huiwen, and Lai Binqiang started a Facebook like Chinese social networking site Xiaonei that became a quick hit with University students. But after few months Wang was compelled to take some money from his parents to run it. Later, in 2006, he along with other Founders agreed to sell it to Oak Pacific Interactive for an unspecified sum of money.

After that, he with his friends created a copy of Twitter, a Chinese microblogging platform called Fanfou. Fanfou also became an instant hit in the market. But due to Xinjiang unrest in 2009, the site was closed for more than one year.

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After Lowell McAdam’s exit, Hans Vestberg has been appointed as the CEO of one of the largest American telecommunications conglomerate Verizon Communications Inc. (also called Verizon). His duties as CEO starts 1 August 2018. Hans is a Swedish businessman. He has worked for Ericsson for a long time prior to joining Verizon in 2017. In the company, he held different senior positions working for its divisions around the globe. As Verizon CEO, Hans will mainly focus on its communications networks business leading the transition to 5G networks.

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Verizon Competitors

Some of the major rivals of the American telecommunications conglomerate include:

Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation

The new CEO Vestberg is expected to get a base salary of 1,500,000 USD along with performance stock units (PSUs). His net worth will be shared later on.

For information about Verizon’s funding, investors, and valuation, you will need to wait for a while.

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Career & Education – Company, University, & College                                  

Before he was announced the boss of Verizon, Hans served the company as CTO and Executive VP of the new Network and Technology since 2017. Prior to that, he was at Ericsson. He joined Ericsson Cables in Hudiksvall in 1991 and went on to serve senior roles in China, Brazil, Chile, and Sweden.  From 2010 to 2016, he operated as Ericsson CEO and President. Between 2007 and 2009, he was the CFO of the company. In 2002, he was made President of Ericsson Mexico. Before that, from 2000 to 2002, he joined Ericsson North America as CFO. From 1998 to 2000, he served Ericsson Brazil as CFO.

In 1991, he earned a degree in Business Administration from the Uppsala University, Sweden.

Contact Hans Vestberg – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn

Verizon Communications CEO Hans has a LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansvestberg. An active user on Twitter, his Twitter handle is @HansVestberg. For his email ID, you will have to wait for a while.

Wiki Trivia on Hans Vestberg – Age, Wife, Family, & More

Verizon CEO Hans (age 53) was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden on June 23, 1965. It is said that no matter where in the world he is, he makes sure to reach home by 6pm on Fridays to spend time with his wife and two children. He turns off his mobile phone and other devices. He and his wife are fitness enthusiasts.

As an aside, during his stint at Ericsson, he was named among the top 20 favorite bosses of America by Forbes.

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