Jeffrey Kang, or Kang Jingwei (Chinese: 康敬伟, born February 6, 1970), is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Shenzhen-based Cogobuy Group,[2] the largest corporate procurement e-commerce platform for IC components in China with worldwide sales and distribution.[3]
Jeffrey Kang | |||||||
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康敬伟 | |||||||
| Born | Kang Jingwei 6 February 1970 Chongqing, China | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | South China University of Technology | ||||||
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| Known for | Founding and leading Cogobuy | ||||||
| Title | Chairman and CEO of Cogobuy | ||||||
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| Spouse | Nan Ji | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 康敬伟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 康敬偉 | ||||||
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Early and personal life
editKang was born in Chongqing on 6 February 1970. He has two children with his wife Nan Ji and resides with his family in Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), Shenzhen, Guangdong.[4]
In July 1991 Kang received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, Guangdong.[5]
In 2006, Kang was ranked among the richest people in China by Forbes, with a net worth of CN¥17 billion.[6] In 2015, he joined the ranks of The World's Billionaires defined in USD terms by Forbes at age 45.[7] Kang's total calculated executive compensation listed in his firm's annual accounts for 2014 was CN¥2,933,000 (c. US$500,000).[8]
Business career
editKang started his career in China's telecommunications sector as a sales engineer in charge of the components business for Matsushita Electric Industrial now known as Panasonic from 1992 to 1995.[9] In 1995 he invested US$50,000 to start his own company called the Comtech Group,[10] to act as a distribution channel for the sale of electronic components in China.[11] In 2002, the Comtech Group went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NASDAQ) as Viewtran (ticker: VIEW).[12] In 2011, he established the first online platform for selling IC components in China, Cogobuy, which went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in July 2014 with an annual turnover of CN¥84 billion in 2014.
Honors and awards
edit- 2015: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, China[13]
References
edit- ^ "Bloomberg Business – Board of Directors". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "The Financial Times: List of Cogobuy's Company Directors". The Financial Times. September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Concerning Shares of Shenzhen Comtech International Ltd". Morningstar, Inc. April 14, 2005.
- ^ "Cogobuy Announces 2015 Second Quarter and Interim Results Summary". Morningstar, Inc. August 19, 2015.
- ^ "Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cogobuy Group". The Wall Street Journal. September 9, 2015.
- ^ "富豪榜 - (List of the richest people in china)". Forbes China. 2009.
- ^ "Cogobuy E-Commerce Site Enterpreneur [sic] Joins China's Billionaires Ranks". Forbes. 2015.
- ^ "Executive Profile Jingwei Kang". Bloomberg. 2015.
- ^ "Comtech Group Annual Accounts 2004". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. July 22, 2004.
- ^ "Jeffrey Kang TWSJT". The Wall Street Transcript. July 10, 2006.
- ^ "Comtech Group (COGO) Reports Preliminary Q4 Earnings, CEO Comments on Growth". Street Insider. January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Comtech Group Annual Accounts 2004". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. December 30, 2004. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015.
- ^ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year China 2015 Winners". Ernst & Young. Retrieved December 1, 2015.