BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Baidu") (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language internet search provider, today announced the appointment of
Herman Yu as chief financial officer, effective immediately.
"We are delighted to have Herman Yu join our executive team at Baidu," said Robin Li, Baidu's chairman and chief executive officer. "Herman brings invaluable financial management,
capital market and leadership experience, having served as CFO of US-listed internet companies for 10 years, as well as having
held management roles at high tech companies in both the US and China. I look forward to working
with Herman in his new capacity, as Baidu enters the next stage of growth in the AI era."
"I am deeply honored to join Baidu, a world-class technology company," said Mr. Yu. "I look forward to working with Baidu's
talented management team to realize the tremendous potential in the AI era."
Herman Yu joins Baidu from Weibo Corp. (NASDAQ: WB), where he has served as chief financial
officer since 2015. Prior to Weibo, Mr. Yu worked at SINA Corp. from 2004 to 2015, most recently as chief financial officer from
2007 to 2015. Mr. Yu began his career at Arthur Andersen and has held various finance and accounting management positions at
Adobe Systems Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and VeriFone Systems, Inc. He is a California Certified Public Accountant and
holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California and an M.A. in Accountancy from the
University of Southern California. Mr. Yu serves on the boards of 58.com Inc., ZTO Express Inc., and
Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited.
Jennifer Li will step down as chief financial officer of Baidu and serve the Company as a
senior advisor to senior management. Jennifer is chief executive officer of Baidu Capital, a private equity firm focused on
AI-enabled opportunities.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex world simpler through
technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten ADSs represent one
Class A ordinary share.
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rights; the expected growth of the Chinese language Internet search market and the number of Internet and broadband users in
China; Chinese governmental policies relating to the Internet and Internet search providers and
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Baidu, Inc.
Tel: +86-10-5992-4958
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