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-| birth_place = {{birth date and age|1964|10|31}}<br />[[Xian]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
-| nationality = {{flagicon|China}} Chinese
-| occupation  = Founder, Chairman & CEO [[Sohu.com]]
-| salary      = [[United States dollar|US$]]250,000 <ref> http://people.forbes.com/profile/charles-zhang/72775 </ref>
-| networth    = US $270 million  (2003) <ref> http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/74/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=74&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=TRTG&datatype=Person </ref>
-| spouse      = Single
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-| website     = http://corp.sohu.com/20060507/n243126051.shtml
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-Charles Zhang (Chinese: 张朝阳 [[Pingyin]]: Zhang ChaoYang) (born Oct 31st, 1964) is a Chinese [[businessman]], [[investor]] and he is the Founder, Chairman and current CEO of [[Sohu|Sohu.com Inc]]. (Chinese: 搜狐) ({{NASDAQ|SOHU}}) Dr. Zhang is regarded as one of the China’s Internet pioneers and was named by [[Forbes Magazine]] as one of the richest man in China in 2003. <ref> http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/74/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=74&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=TRTG&datatype=Person </ref>
-==Early Life and Education==
-Born to a very humble family, Charles Zhang’s parents were both factory workers. Zhang has been interested in science from a very young age. As he excelled at school, Zhang was accepted to study [[Physics]] at the prestigious [[Tsinghua University]] in [[Beijing]]. Upon his graduation in 1986, Charles Zhang received a full [[scholarship]] from [[Nobel Prize]] [[Physicist]] [[Tsung-Dao Lee]] to attend [[graduate school]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]. <ref> http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Zhang_Chaoyang/bio </ref> Zhang graduated from MIT in 1993 with a [[PhD]] in Experimental Physics. He then went on and served as the MIT's liaison officer for China. <ref> http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/74339.htm </ref>
-==Founding of Sohu==
-Soon after leaving MIT, Dr. Zhang joined Internet Securities Inc. (ISI) in November 1995 and returned to Beijing to establish the ISI China operation. <ref> http://www.chinadaily.net/bizchina/2006-03/14/content_535371.htm </ref> While at ISI, Zhang quickly envisioned an Internet [[search engine]] company. Charles Zhang started his own company, Internet Technologies China (ITC) in 1996 with two fellow MIT Professors and with the help of [[Venture capital]]. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/digital/cyberelite/45.html </ref> It was also the first VC Funding of a Chinese Internet company. <ref> http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Zhang_Chaoyang/bio </ref> In May, 1997, after a meeting with [[Jerry Yang]], Zhang decided to transform ITC and changed its name to Sohu. <ref> http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/74339.htm </ref>
-Sohu and its search engine quicky became a household name in China. Zhang managed to successfully conducted four mergers with other Chinese Internet companies to rise captical. On [[July 12th]], [[2000]], Sohu was listed to trade on NASDAQ - GS ({{NASDAQ|SOHU}}). <ref> http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/quotes_reports.asp?symbol=SOHU&selected=SOHU&page=stockreports </ref> During the [[dotcom crash]] in the early 2000s, Sohu's stock dropped below $1 USD, many board members and investors wanted to replace Zhang. He credited his nonconfrontational style helped him hold on. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005328,00.html?iid=chix-sphere </ref> Today, [[Sohu]] is one of very well known Chinese Internet stocks, with a market value of around 2 billions dollars at around $45 USD/share. <ref> http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/quotes_reports.asp?symbol=SOHU&selected=SOHU&page=stockreports </ref> [[Internet Community]] [[Blogging]] and Short-messaging service, which helped the company turn around and generated total revenues of $750 million in China in 2002, accounted for 48% of company's revenues in 2004 and 2006. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005328,00.html?iid=chix-sphere </ref> <ref> http://v.ku6.com/show/8oPPjaC9DvYrcr9F.html </ref>
-==Personal Life==
-Charles Zhang has never been married and doesn’t have any children of his own. He cited the fact that he spent many years in academia as well as the starting and the building of Sohu and may have let him past the age of marriage. In a [[2007]] interview with Chen Luyu (陈鲁豫), Zhang said that he does not like to use email, “Emails can be copied and forwarded in a very short period of time. In Sohu, when I send out emails, the content of the email will be made public in a matter of hours, that’s why I hand out orders and instructions in ‘paper form’.” <ref> http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzcwNzQ2MjA=.html </ref> In many occasions, Zhang mentions about hoping he can live till the age of 150. He believes that [[stress]] plays an important role in [[aging]] and if one practices [[yoga]] and understands [[Buddhism]] he/she can be “freed” from stress and so live till the age of 150. <ref> http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzcwNzQ3ODg=.html </ref> Zhang also enjoy [[mountaineering]], he has been training on [[Mount Everest]] and has reached the height of 6,666 m above [[sealevel]], he hopes scale the top of Everest one day. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/2003/survivors/zhang.html </ref> <ref> http://outdoor.travel.sohu.com/20081006/n259865431.shtml </ref> <ref> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_39/b3851627.htm </ref>
-==See Also==
-*[[Baidu.com]]
-*[[Sina.com]]
-*[[Alibaba Group]]
-*[[Robin Li]]
-*[[Jack Ma]]
-*[[Mao Daolin]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-* [http://charles.blog.sohu.com/ Personal Blog] {{zh icon}}
-* [http://corp.sohu.com/ Sohu Corp], corporate information site.
-* [http://www.sohu.com/ Sohu Home page] {{zh icon}}
-* [http://baike.baidu.com/view/16369.htm Profile on Baidu Baike] {{zh icon}}
-[[zh: 张朝阳]]