Jeffrey Kang
| Jeffrey (Jingwei) Kang | |
|---|---|
_Kang_-_Portrait.jpg) Jeffrey (Jingwei) Kang 2015 | |
| Born |
Jingwei Kang February 6, 1970 Chongqing, China |
| Residence | Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China |
| Nationality | Hong Kong |
| Ethnicity | Chinese |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | South China University of Technology |
| Occupation | CEO of Cogobuy PLC |
| Salary |
 US $500,000 USD (Bloomberg 2014)[1] |
| Net worth |
US$1.2 billion (Forbes 2015)[2] |
| Board member of | |
| Spouse(s) | Nan Ji |
| Children | 2 |
Jeffrey Kang or his birth name Jingwei Kang, Chinese 康敬伟 (born February 6, 1970) is the founder and CEO of Cogobuy Group PLC,[4] the largest corporate procurement eCommerce platform for IC components in China.[5]
Early and Personal Life
Kang was born in the Chongqing Province of China on 6 February 1970 and currently holds a Hong Kong citizenship. He has two children with his wife Nan Ji and currently resides with his family in Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), Shenzhen, China.[6]
In July 1991 Kang received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China, where he .[7]
In 2006, Kang was ranked among the richest people in China by Forbes, with a net worth of ¥17 Billion CNY.[8] In 2015, he joined the ranks of The World's Billionaires defined in USD by Forbes at age 45.[2] Kang's total calculated executive compensation listed in his firm's annual accounts for 2014 was ¥2,933,000 CNY about $500,000 USD.[1]
Business career
Kang 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 - 1995.[9] In 1995 he invested $50,000 USD to form his own company '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 84 billion CNY in 2014.
Honors and awards
- 2015: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, China[13]
References
- 1 2 "Executive Profile Jingwei Kang". Bloomberg. 2015.
- 1 2 "Cogobuy E-Commerce Site Enterpreneur Joins China's Billionaires Ranks". Forbes. 2015.
- ↑ "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. 14 April 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year China 2015 Winners". Ernst & Young. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.