BAIDU
| BAIDU INC |
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| Official Website: http://ir.baidu.com |
| Official about page: http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-homeprofile |
| Country: Please specify country |
| Location: Baidu Campus, No 10, Shangdi 10th Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100085 China |
| Founded: 2000 |
| Business: Data Mining |
| Contact |
| Phone: 86 10 5992 8888 |
| Fax: 86 10 5992 0000 |
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Background
"Baidu was founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Robin Li, creator of visionary search technology Hyperlink Analysis, with the mission of providing the best way for people to find what they’re looking for online. Over the past decade we have strived to fulfill this mission by listening carefully to our users’ needs and wants. To provide intelligent, relevant search results for the tens of billions of queries that are entered into our search platform every day, we focus on powering the best technology optimized for up-to-date local tastes and preferences. Our deep understanding of Chinese language and culture is central to our success and this kind of knowledge allows us to tailor our search technology for our users’ needs. Just to cite one example, we believe there are at least 38 ways of saying "I" in the Chinese language. It is important that we recognize these nuances to effectively address our users’ requests.
We provide our users with many channels to find and share information. In addition to our core web search product, we power many popular community-based products, such as Baidu PostBar, the world’s first and largest Chinese-language query-based searchable online community platform, Baidu Knows, the world’s largest Chinese-language interactive knowledge-sharing platform, and Baidu Encyclopedia, the world’s largest user-generated Chinese-language encyclopedia, to name but a few. Beyond these marquee products we also offer dozens of helpful vertical search-based products, such as Maps, Image Search, Video Search, News Search, and many more. We power these through our cutting-edge technology, continually innovating to enhance these services. Our new Box Computing Open Platform brings users deep-linked content and even applications they can use directly through their search box. We believe that Box Computing will dramatically improve people’s search experience and become ubiquitous across all Internet devices including computers and mobile platforms... The Baidu Story
"Baidu, Inc. provides Internet search services. The company offers a Chinese language search platform on its Website, Baidu.com;
and a Japanese language search platform on its Website, Baidu.jp.
The company serves three types of online participants, such as users, customers, and Baidu union members.
- Users: The company primarily offers a Chinese language search platform on its Website Baidu.com.
It primarily provides Chinese language Internet search services to enable users to find information online, including Web pages, news, images, documents, and multimedia files, through links provided on its Websites. It also offers various international products and services in local languages to users in various other countries.
- Customers: The company designs and delivers its online marketing services primarily on its Baidu.com Website to its online marketing customers to whom the company provides one or more forms of its online marketing services.
In 2011, it had approximately 488,000 active online marketing customers. Its online marketing customers consist of small to medium-sized enterprises throughout China, domestic companies, and Chinese divisions or subsidiaries of multinational companies. It has a customer base in terms of industries and geographical locations. The industries in which its customers operate include medical, machinery, education, software and online games, tourism and ticketing, transportation, franchising, business services, electronic products, information technology services, financial services, construction and decoration, and household appliances.
Baidu Union Members: Baidu Union consists of various third-party Web content and software providers. Baidu Union members, including those mobile and non-mobile oriented, could display on their properties its customers’ promotional links that match the content of such members’ properties. Various Baidu Union members, including those mobile and non-mobile oriented, also embed various products and services, such as Baidu search box, Baidu Toolbar, Baidu Browser, Hao123, Baidu Palm, and Baidu Mobile Browser into their properties.
Products and Services for Users
The company focuses on offering products and services that enable its users to find information. It offers the following products and services at Baidu.com to users free of charge. These products and services could be accessed through PCs, mobile, and other non-mobile devices.
The company organizes its products and services for users into eight categories, including search products, social-networking products, user-generated-content-based knowledge products, location-based products and services, music products, PC client software, mobile related products and services, and other products and services.
It also offers various products and services provided by its associated or cooperative Websites.
Search Products Baidu Web Search:
The company’s Web search allows users to locate information, products, applications, and services using Chinese language search queries. Its Web search also incorporates various English search results, which are presented to its users conducting searches using various English language search queries. Through its search proprietary technology, the company builds and refines a database of Chinese synonyms and associated phrases, which is essential for execution of Chinese language searches. It also offers personalized home pages for users.
Baidu Image Search:
Baidu Image Search enables users to search images on the Internet by term queries or various categories and offers advanced features, such as search by image file type and search within a designated Website. Baidu Image Search also allows users to search information on an image or search other similar images by allowing users to upload an image or entering its uniform resource locator. In addition, registered users could upload, label, and share with others pictures through Baidu Image Search.
Baidu Video Search:
Baidu Video Search enables users to search for and access through hyperlinks online video clips that are hosted on third parties’ Websites.
Baidu News: Baidu News provides links to a select... "
There are 7 pgs about BAIDI in Businessweek (Still needs researched by TelecomixBSRE)
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China, Japan, Iran...
Reports
- Baidu Targets Africa, Middle East With Orange Partnership Dow Jones Newswire
- Nov 29 12: Baidu Reportedly Acquired jinwankansha
An insider reported that Baidu, Inc. recently acquired jinwankansha.com. It is reported that after the acquisition jinwankansha.com will be directly under the operation of Baidu's vertical search department. - Businessweek
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People Responsible
- Robin Li, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
"Robin Li is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Baidu, Inc., and oversees the company's overall strategy and business operations.
In the 11 years since founding Baidu in January 2000, Robin has turned the company into China’s largest search engine, with over 80% market share. Baidu also ranks as the second largest independent search engine in the world. In August 2005, Baidu listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and in December 2007 became the first Chinese company to be included in the NASDAQ-100 Index.
Prior to founding Baidu, Robin was already regarded as one of the world's top search engine experts. His patent for hyperlink analysis, for which he applied in 1996, is among the inventions that shaped today's search technology. At present, Baidu is home to 4000 world-class search engine product and technology engineers, and was the first Chinese Internet company to create a post-doctoral research center.
With Baidu’s success, China stands proudly with the United States, Russia and South Korea as one of the four countries in the world to possess its own core search engine technology. At the 2009 Baidu Technology Innovation Conference (Baidu World), Robin shared his vision of Box Computing as the way of the future. He has substantially advanced the theoretical framework of China’s Internet sciences, and has become a driving force behind the overall technology development of the entire Chinese IT industry. While satisfying Chinese-language search needs at home, Robin has also proactively sought to internationalize Baidu. Currently, Baidu is vigorously preparing itself for entrance into the broader international market.
As a pioneer and leader of China’s Internet industry, he has received honors including “CCTV Key Figure in China’s Economy,” “The Top 30 Figures in China’s 30 Years of Reform,” “China’s Most Imaginative Entrepreneur,” and many others. On several occasions, U.S.-based magazines such as BusinessWeek and Fortune Magazine have designated Robin’s as “Best Business Leader in the World” and “China’s Most Influential Business Leader.” Robin was also named by Time Magazine as one of the “World’s Most Influential People” in 2010.
Robin received a Bachelor of Science degree in information management from Peking University in 1991, and a Master of Science degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1994. He currently acts as vice chairman of the Internet Society of China (ISC), and is a visiting professor at Wuhan University."
<< Also, look in Businessweek for board member profiles/company connections >>
Yanhong Li, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -- 43
William Decker, VisionChina Media Inc. 65
Gregory Penner, Madrone Capital Partners 43
Jian Ding, GSR Ventures Management Co. Ltd. 46
- Nobuyuki Idei, Electrolux AB 74
"Mr. Nobuyuki Idei is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Quantum Leaps Corporation. Mr. Idei founded the firm in September 2006.
He is also a Senior Advisor in Asia at Highbridge Principal Strategies Growth Equity and an Advisor at Next Capital Partners Co., Ltd.
Mr. Idei served as the Chief Executive Officer at Sony Corporation from June 2000 to 2005. He held a wide variety of leadership positions at Sony, including President from 1999 to 2000 and President and representative Director from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Idei has spent his entire professional career with Sony, joining the company after graduating from college in 1960. He also served as a Senior General Manager of the Creative Communication Division since 1994, Products Communication Group since 1993, Merchandising and Product Communication Strategy Group since 1991, and Advertising and Marketing Communication Strategy Group since 1990. Mr. Idei has been instrumental in the firm's involvement in the computer business and was a key figure in the establishment of its compact disc market and the strengthening of its consumer VCR business. With his strong background in international marketing, he has contributed significantly to the firm's reputation as one of the worldwide leaders in the consumer audio and video industry as a Deputy Senior General Manager, Video Group since 1986 and a Senior General Manager, Home Video Group since 1988. Internationally, Mr. Idei was active in the establishment of the firm's European market presence, particularly through the opening of Sony France in the late 1960's and early 1970's. He was transferred to France to establish Sony France S. A. in 1968.
Mr. Idei has held a similar role with the Predecessor Funds since 2006. He was also the Chairman and played a key role in moving the company into the digital age and in developing and enhancing its renowned design and brand image throughout his career. Mr. Idei oversaw the areas of corporate communications and advertising as a Director and then a Managing Director at the company from 1989 to 1995.
He is Member of Advisory Board and Director of Greater Pacific Capital LLP.
Mr. Idei is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.
He is also the Chairman at Daiwa Quantum Capital Limited.
Mr. Idei has been a Director of General Motors since November 1999, Nestlé S.A. since April 2001, and of Electrolux.
He had been a Director at Accenture Ltd. since February 2006 and also of FreeBit Co., Ltd., and Lenovo Group Ltd.
Mr. Idei was a Member of Executive Council of Unison Capital, Inc. and Independent Director of Baidu.com, Inc. since June 14, 2007.
He was a Member of Advisory Board of Dubai International Capital LLC.
He is also a Director of Nestle.
Mr. Idei became the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Sony Corp. in June 2005. He was also the Chief Corporate Advisor at the company. Previously, he was Chairman of the Board of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005 and was a Representative Corporate Executive Officer of Sony Corp. until June 22, 2005. Mr. Idei was also the Chairman of the Sony Corporation of America.
He was a Director of Accenture Ltd - General partner of Accenture SCA, Red Herring.
- Mr. Idei is a member of the Foundation Board, World Economic Forum and the Vice Chairman, International Business Council, Asia-Pacific Region. Mr. Idei was a Member of the Board of Directors for World Economic Forum.
From May 2003 to May 2007, he was the Vice Chairman of Nippon Keidanre and Sustainable Performance Group AG, where he served as the Chairman of the Committee on Administrative Reform. Mr. Idei was the Chairman of the IT Strategy Council from July 2000 to February 2005 and served as the Council's Chairman from July to November 2000.
He is a Member of Japan's National IT Strategy Council.
Outside of this, Mr. Idei was a Counsellor to the Bank of Japan from April 1999 to March 2007. He played a major role in the development of Japan's IT strategy which formed the foundation of Japan's Information Technology Basic Law.
Mr. Idei attended L'Institute des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland from 1962 to 1963. He received a B.S. degree in Economics and Politics from Waseda University in Tokyo in March 1960.
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