Mr. Joe Zhou is a Partner at SAIF Partners
("SAIF"). Since he joined SAIF in 2001, he leads
and manages a numbers of SAIF's investment in
China including Shanda ("SNDA"), Acorn , ATA,
Alchip , Joymedia, Jade Chip, Sicomm Tech,
Risecomm, My Show, Ad-union, Jiahe, Huanqiu
Yasi, Unionpay Merchant, UnionPay Loyalty
Program Services, and MDC. He also
co-sponsored a SAIF investment in foundry area
in China, Hejian. He is one the most active VCs in
China responsible for over $300 million invested
in China since 2002. He was elected as “the top
ten Venture Capitalist in China” in 2005, 2001 and
year 2000 by CVCF. He was elected by TopCapital
as “2005 Foreign Venture Capitalist of the
Year” .
Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Zhou worked at Softbank
China Venture Capital from 2000 to 2001 as the
Head of Beijing office. From 1995 to 1999, Mr.
Zhou worked at UTStarcom China as Vice
President. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Zhou worked
at AT&T Bell Laboratory as a consultant.
Mr. Zhou received a BSEE from the Beijing
University of Technology in 1982, a MSEE from
New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1990. |