BEIJING, Nov 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:
BIDU and HKEX: 9888) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading AI
company with strong Internet foundation, today announced the
appointment of Rong Luo as chief financial officer, effective
immediately.
"Rong has extensive experience in financial management and
capital markets," said Robin Li,
Baidu's co-founder and CEO. "We are delighted to welcome Rong to
our management team and expect his skills and leadership
capabilities to help us achieve our next stage of growth in the AI
era."
"I am very excited to join Baidu. I look forward to working with
the executive team to drive the future growth for Baidu," said Mr.
Luo.
Rong Luo joins Baidu from TAL Education Group, an NYSE listed
company, where he served as the chief financial officer since
November 2014 and played several key
management roles. Prior to that, Mr. Luo was the chief financial
officer of eLong Inc. from 2013 to 2014. Before that, Mr. Luo held
different financial management positions at Lenovo Group and
Microsoft. Mr. Luo holds bachelor's degrees in both information
management & systems and economics from Peking University, a
master's degree in management science and engineering from Tsinghua
University, and a Ph.D. degree in management science from Peking
University.
About Baidu
Founded in 2000, Baidu's mission is to make the complicated
world simpler through technology. Baidu is a leading AI company
with strong Internet foundation, trading on Nasdaq under "BIDU" and
HKEX under "9888". One Baidu ADS represents eight Class A ordinary
shares.
Contacts
Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.
Tel: +86-10-5992-8888
Email: ir@baidu.com
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