Edward Zeng

• One of the “Hundred Returnee Entrepreneurial Award” from Chinese Government
• “One of the 5 Top influential people of IT industry” on Time Magazine issued in 1998.05.11 Visiting professor at Tsinghua University
• One of the “Hundred Future Leaders for Tomorrow” by World Economic Forum
• Chinese State Council Special Award for Outstanding Paper in 1998

Mr. Zeng is a pioneer and a symbol of e-Commerce industry of China. He is among the founder of the first generation e-Commerce business in China. Since 1990’s., he has over 20 years experience in TMT. He raised funds for the first satellite project in China; he has been investing in Telecom projects since 1990’s, and has maintained strong relationships with the major Telecom players of China. Mr. Zeng was named by Time Magazine, CNN, Business Week as one of China’s New Generation Entrepreneurs; he was named as the one of the five most influential leaders in China internet industry by Time Magazine, and was also named by World Economic Forums in Davos as “Future Leader for Tomorrow”. In 1999, he was invited to participate in the Global Fortune Forum, as the Chinese IT business representatives of the roundtable. In 2000, Mr. Zeng first time attended APEC Business Summit held in Brunei, as the sole representative of China's IT industry speakers, with an enthusiastic response. During 2001 to October 2002, he continuously participated in APEC meeting held in the China Shanghai and Mexico, to share experience of Sparkice.com, and to discuss E-APEC development prospects. In 2001, he was invited to the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund, and gave a speech to the world's leading 100 bankers. Mr. Zeng was invited as a guest speaker of BFA in 2002-2003. Meanwhile, he founded "Digital China Entrepreneurs Forum”, Mr. Zeng has strong government relations, having met with Hu Jin Tao, Jiang Ze Min, Qing Hong, Zhu Rong Ji, Wen Jia Bao among others. He was named as a pioneer in RFID standards in April 2004 by the Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post. Since 2007, Mr. Zeng has been a founding partner of China Bridge Capital Investment Management Ltd. in Beijing with a track record of more than 20 cross-border transaction deals with top-tier investors.