Jack Xu Bio

Jack Xu
Jack Xu joined NetEase as Chief Technology Officer in May 2000. As one of the most accomplished scientists and industry experts in the field of information retrieval, Mr. Xu brings in his vast experience in advanced software development as well as his management experience. In this capacity, Mr. Xu has been responsible for all NetEase‘s R&D, product development and operation. With his leadership, the NetEase‘s registered users has reached 18 million, daily pageview has passed 120 million. Netease has maintained the most advanced technology among all its competitors in China. He was instrumental in bring NetEase into IPO (Nasdaq: NTES) in June 2000. Prior to joining NetEase, Mr. Xu served as Director of Core Technology Group with Excite@Home Corporation from 1996 to April 2000.
Mr. Xu holds a Master of Science degree in Information Science with Zhongshan University in China. Ph.D. candidate in Computerized Information Retrieval with the University of California at Berkeley.
NetEase (http://www.163.com) is a leading China-based Internet technology company that has pioneered the development of applications, services and other technologies for the Internet in China. Our mission is to deliver "Power to the People" by using the latest Internet technologies to enhance meaningful information sharing and exchange. NetEase Web sites offer Chinese Internet users Chinese language-based online content, community and electronic commerce services. NetEase‘s average daily page views exceedes 120 million. As of March, 2001, NetEase Web sites had more than 17.87 million registered members, 739,669 personal web pages, 45,056 simultaneous chat room participants.
As the leading Web site in China, NetEase is committed to the continued development of e-commerce and the IT industry, and the further digitalization of Chinese society. The NetEase mission is to reach, touch, and inform each and every Chinese Internet user. Our goal of bringing together millions of Chinese citizens through an extensive virtual community is quickly being realized, and NetEase will continue to develop cutting-edge technology to provide even better services to our users to enhance their online experience.
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