Jun Zhu is one of the co-founders of our company.

He has served as the Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer since our inception. Prior to founding The9, Mr. Zhu co-founded Flagholder New Technology Co. Ltd., an information technology company based in China, in 1997 and served as its director from 1997 to 1999

Mr. Jun Zhu is Vice President & Head-IC Group at Vimicro International Corp., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at The9 Ltd., Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director at China Oriental Group Co. Ltd., and Chairman at The9 (Private Equity).

He is on the Board of Directors at China Oriental Group Co. Ltd.

Mr. Zhu was previously employed as Design Manager by Intel Corp. and Design Engineer-Application Specific IC by Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

He also served on the board at Flagholder New Technology Co. Ltd.

He received his undergraduate degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University and a graduate degree from Syracuse University.