Management

Mr. Eric Ya Shen is our co-founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and chief executive officer since our inception in August 2010. He has over 20 years of experience in the distribution of consumer electronic products in domestic and overseas markets. From 2001 to 2012, Mr. Shen served as the chairman of the board of directors of Guangzhou NEM Import and Export Co., Ltd., a company primarily engaging in the sales of consumer electronic and telecommunication products. Mr. Shen received an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2010 and an associate degree in telecommunication from Shanghai Railway College in 1990.

Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong is our co-founder and has served as the vice chairman of our board of directors since January 2011. Mr. Hong has served as our chief operating officer since August 2012. Mr. Hong has over 15 years of experience in the distribution of consumer electronic products in overseas markets. From 1998 to 2011, Mr. Hong served as chairman of the board of directors of Société Europe Pacifique Distribution, a French company engaging in the distribution of consumer electronic products. Mr. Hong graduated from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2010.

Mr. Mark Wang has served as our chief financial officer since May 2023. Prior to joining Vipshop, Mr. Wang served as the chief financial officer of Benlai Group, an online fresh grocery player in China, from April 2021 to November 2022. From October 2017 to March 2021, Mr. Wang served as the vice president in the finance department of Xiaomi Corporation (HKEX: 1810). Prior to that, Mr. Wang worked at Changyou.com Limited as a finance director from July 2014 to September 2017. From April 2013 to June 2014, Mr. Wang was a senior manager in the finance department of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Wang served as a tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. from August 2006 to April 2013. Currently, Mr. Wang has also served as an independent director of Beijing Kingsoft Office Software, Inc. (SSE: 688111) since April 2022. Mr. Wang received a bachelor degree in finance from Beijing International Studies University.

Mr. Tao Feng has extensive experience and insights in artificial intelligence (AI), technology and product innovations. Prior to joining Vipshop, Mr. Feng worked at Tencent Holdings Ltd. (HKEX: 0700) where he led monetization initiatives of news and sports businesses, core technology upgrade and product planning of news business. From July 2014 to April 2020, Mr. Feng worked at DiDi Global Inc. where he led AI initiatives of Kuaidi Taxi, digitalization and AI initiatives of DiDi’s chauffeur, bike and e-bike sharing businesses, and technology developments of DiDi Finance. Prior to that, Mr. Feng served at Baidu Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) and Meilishuo where he led technology innovations such as intelligent recommendation engines. Mr. Feng received his bachelor's degree in computer science and technology and his master's degree in computer application technology from Peking University in July 2007 and July 2010, respectively.