Chinese Billionaire : Zhou Hongyi
Zhou Hongyi (born 4 October 1970) is a Chinese entrepreneur. He is the founder, Chairman as well as CEO of the safety and security business Qihoo 360.
According to Forbes, Zhou has a projected net worth of $1.4 billion since December 2014.Zhou Hongyi was birthed in Huanggang, Hubei, China. He has a Master of Scientific research level from Xi’an Jiaotong College.
Zhou was just one of China’s entrepreneurs, establishing 3721 in 1998, which sells Chinese-language key words for Roman-alphabet domain. 3721 was ultimately acquired by Yahoo in 2004 for USD $120 million with Zhou Yahoo! China’s operation. Nonetheless, with differences in between Zhou as well as Yahoo’s monitoring, Yahoo eventually offered its China to Alibaba in 2005 and also Zhou begin Qihoo 360.