After returning home, Chen Hong became a celebrity in business. His staff joked: "Mr. Chen's exposure is higher than that of some stars." Many people like to invite him to give a speech. "At that time, when he started his business in Silicon Valley, he was also called the most famous Chinese CEO in the San Francisco Bay Area where Silicon Valley is located by Business Week.
This consistently flamboyant style always brings Chen Hong unexpected gains.
Zhao, CEO of Yanhuang Health Media, found Chen Hong and became his client after listening to a speech by Chen Hong in Tsinghua EMBA. Soon, with the help of Hanergy Capital, Yanhuang Media received $35 million in financing.
This case seems to be "quick success and instant benefit". Chen Hong also has friends who have been in contact for many years.
When Chen Hong founded GRIC in Silicon Valley about ten years ago, he was also in the limelight. Zhang Xiangning visited him and founded China Wang Wan after returning home. Later, Chen Hong made a high-profile investment bank, and Zhang asked Chen Hong to find a buyer. As a result, after Chen Hong played golf with Synnex CEO Huang Tenghui, the latter became a buyer in Wang Wan. The whole deal sounds simple. Chen Hong said, "The CEO of Synnex is my friend and happened to mention that he was interested in buying the company, so I talked to him about Wang Wan."
Needless to say, the acquaintance between Chen Hong and SYNNEX is also related to his high popularity in the past.
Some people have a certain identity on a certain platform, and once they leave, they leave for tea. Chen Hong is very good at this. He is very good at making full use of existing resources and advantages when opening up new businesses.
If you carefully observe Chen Hong, you will find that he is a "businessman who can use both Chinese and western business methods."
China symbol open circuit
Chen Hong was most impressed by two things: short stature, round face and eyes. Wang Gongquan, his friend and business partner, commented on him: "Very passionate and never unwilling to be lonely." If you talk to him, you will find that this little man is very enthusiastic and has great dreams. He is different from ordinary engineering students and has a glib tongue. These personality characteristics are also essential elements of his success.
Chen Hong's resume has been widely known. 1962 was born in Xi 'an, 1982 graduated from Xi Jiaotong University, 1985 studied in the United States, and stayed in Silicon Valley to start a business until he returned to China in 2003.
In the early 1990s, China's success in the United States was mainly attributed to engineers and chefs. Chen Hong wants to break through the stereotype of Americans about China people, especially to become a successful entrepreneur and boss, and become one of the mainstream business circles in Silicon Valley.
1999, Chen Hong got his wish, and GRIC, which he founded, rushed to Nasdaq, becoming the first China student to list his enterprise in the United States, with a market value of more than 65,438 billion US dollars a month. This success, coupled with his fluent oral English skills, has made him a frequent visitor to many international business forums in the United States.
He told the reporter of China Entrepreneur: "The United States needs the voice of China to hold an international conference, either inviting the boss of China Mobile or inviting me." Through these meetings, Chen Hong had the opportunity to make friends with CEOs of many large American companies. But this benefit, Chen Hong did not dig out at first: "I called the bosses of these big companies directly, and they didn't reply to me."
Later, Chen Hong realized that his advantage lies not in his personal identity, but in the symbol of China, which represents an interest group. At that time, in Silicon Valley, there were a number of unofficial elite organizations such as Churchill Club, Indian Association for Science and Technology, AAMA and Yushan Association for Science and Technology, but there was no scientific and technological talent organization initiated by Chinese mainland professionals. Therefore, Chen Hong, who is keen on organizing activities, founded Huayuan Association for Science and Technology in 1999, which means Huayuan is from China. Huayuan's original intention was to help China people start businesses in Silicon Valley to raise funds. Chen Hong himself is a successful example for China people to obtain American venture capital. Huayuan Club consists of entrepreneur club and VC club. Under his "celebrity" effect, through Huayuan's platform, more China people in Silicon Valley have gained the trust and investment of American VC. At the same time, Huayuan Club has also absorbed local IT elites from China, such as Yang from Lenovo, Wang Wenjing from UFIDA and Ding Lei from Netease. In 2002, American Business Week magazine called Huayuan, founded by Chen Hong and others, "a bridge between China business stars and the United States".