Tang Jun (executive)
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Tang Jun (simplified Chinese: 唐骏; traditional Chinese: 唐駿; pinyin: Táng Jùn) is a Chinese business executive. He is the President of Gaotime Information Co. Ltd, a consulting firm for financial institutions and large companies within China.
Prior to Gaotime, he was the President and CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co., a group company incorporated in the PRC with interests in retail, real estate, mining, high-tech and tourism industries. Shortly before joining Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co., Mr. Tang served as the president and director of Shanda Interactive Entrainment Limited, a company listed in NASDAQ. Now he still remains a member of Shanda's board of directors and serves as an advisor to the CEO of Shanda. Prior to joining Shanda in 2004, Tang served as the president of Microsoft China Co., Ltd. from March 2002 to January 2004 and the general manager of Microsoft Asia product support and service and Microsoft Global Technical Engineering Center from January 1998 to March 2002. He received the Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Award in 1998 and the Microsoft Top Honor Award in 2002 from Microsoft Corporation, and remains the honorary president of Microsoft China Co. Ltd. Prior to joining Microsoft, Tang founded a software company, in Los Angeles, California in 1993.[1]
Jun Tang has been a Non-executive Director of Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. since November 2009.[2]
In accordance with the Registration Statement of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd in NASDAQ, Tang holds a doctorate degree in electrical engineering from Pacific Western University (Hawaii), a master's degree in electronics from Nagoya University and a bachelor's degree in physics from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.[3]