Wang Xiaochuan
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Wang Xiaochuan (Chinese: 王小川; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎochuān; born October 3, 1978[1]) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Sogou Inc., (Chinese: 搜狗) China's No.2 Internet search engine,[2] and a leading Artificial Intelligence company in China.During his tenure as CEO of Sogou, a listed company, Wang led the team to develop China's dominated intelligent Chinese input method. On October 15, 2021,[3] following the completion of a merger with Tencent, Dr. Wang stepped down as CEO of Sogou and announced that he would "enter the healthcare industry for the coming 20 years, after having spent the past 21 years in the internet industry".[4]
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王小川 | |
Born | (1978-10-03) October 3, 1978 (age 45) |
Occupation | CEO of Sogou Inc. |
Wang won the Yilida Youth Invention Award (an award initiated by Nobel Laureate Chen Ning Yang) at the age of 16 and was a recipient of the gold medal at the 8th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).[1] At 27, Wang became Chief Technology Officer of Sohu Inc.[5] He graduated from Tsinghua University with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has served as the co-chair of the Tiangong Institute for Intelligent Computing of Tsinghua University.[6]