Zhou Hongyi

Zhou Hongyi is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Qihoo 360 Technology. He has served as Qihoo 360's chairman and chief executive officer since August 2006. Zhou has over ten years of managerial and operational experience in China's Internet industry. Prior to founding Qihoo 360, Zhou was a partner at IDG Ventures Capital since September 2005, a global network of venture capital funds, where he assisted small- to medium-sized software companies in sourcing funding to support their growth. Zhou was the chief executive officer of Yahoo! China from January 2004 to August 2005. In 1998, Zhou founded www.3721.com, a company engaged in Internet search and online marketing in China, and served as its chairman and chief executive officer until www.3721.com was acquired by Yahoo! China in January 2004. Zhou received his bachelor's degree in computer software in 1992 and his master's degree in system engineering in 1995 from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.