Chi Yufeng
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Chi Yufeng

Chinese Internet entrepreneur

Michael Chi or Chi Yufeng (Chinese: 池宇峰; pinyin: Chí Yǔ Fēng; born on September 15, 1971) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the Perfect World Investment & Holding Group, a China-based entertainment industry group.2

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Born Sep 15, 1971.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedTsinghua University3

Chi received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 1994 and his Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School in 2004.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Chi founded Beijing Hongen Education and Technology Co., Ltd. in 1996. The company aimed to help millions of Chinese families learn to use computers in the 1990s. At present, Hongen educational products occupy a 50%-70% share of China market.

Chi founded Perfect World Games in 2004 and served as the CEO and then co-CEO until March 2013. Chi led the company's initial public offering on the Nasdaq in July, 2007. In January 2015, he submitted a proposal to the board of directors to take the company private and completed the privatization in April 2015.

Chi created Perfect World Pictures Co., Ltd. in 2008. And he led the asset reformation of Perfect World Pictures and Perfect World Games to list on China's A-shares market (ticker: 002624) in 2016.

Now, Perfect World is one of the largest Film & Game merging entertainment companies in China.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China6
  • ResidenceBeijing7