Daniel Zhang is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Accountants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
For seven years he worked at Arthur Anderson’s Shanghai office. Then Daniel joined the Audit and Business Advisory Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Shanghai holding the position of Senior Manager from 2002 until 2005. He then moved over to NASDAQ-listed online game developer and operator, Shanda Interactive Limited and was the Chief Financial Officer from 2005 until 2007.
Daniel joined the Alibaba Group and served as the Chief Financial Officer of Taobao from August 2007 to June 2011. Then became the President of Tmall.com starting June 2011 and served as its General Manager for three years. He was appointed Senior Vice President of Alibaba Group from January 2013 until September 2013. He then became the Chief Operating Officer of Alibaba Group Holding from September 2013 until May 10, 2015.
As Chief Operating Officer Daniel led the operations of all Alibaba Group businesses in China and globally. He oversaw the firm’s ongoing transition to mobile; built China Smart Logistics, Alibaba Group’s Comprehensive global logistics network; and launched Tmall Global, Alibaba Group’s platform that enables Chinese consumers to buy international branded products from all over the world. As part of the transition to mobile, Taobao’s mobile app has become the world’s largest mobile shopping platform. Daniel also led several of Alibaba Group’s strategic investments, including Alibaba Health, Haier, Intime Retail and Singapore Post.
With this kind of talent, drive and accomplishments Daniel’s star has shone bright and hard not to notice. The top brass at Alibaba have certainly noticed him and he was given the top post of Chief Executive Officer of the Alibaba Group in May 2015. Daniel serves on Alibaba Group’s board of directors and is a founding member of the Alibaba Partnership.
He is chairman of Intime Retail and serves on several other boards of Alibaba-related companies.
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