丁磊:网易创始人兼CEO

丁磊先生于1997年6月创立网易公司，凭借敏锐的市场洞察力和扎扎实实的工作精神，网易公司为推动中国互联网的发展做出了重要贡献，同时丁磊先生也将网易从一个10多人的私营企业发展到今天拥有6000多名员工在美国上市的中国领先的互联网技术，在线游戏服务提供商。

网易成立后的最初两年，丁磊先生把精力和资金主要放在开发互联网应用软件上，其中1997年11月推出了中国第一个双语电子邮件系统，它极大地推动了中国互联网的普及和发展，并先后被多家互联网公司采用。2000年3月，丁磊先生辞去首席执行官，出任网易公司联合首席技术执行官。2001年3月起，丁磊先生出任网易公司首席架构设计师，专注于公司远景战略的设计与规划。2001年6月至9月，丁磊先生担任代理首席执行官和代理首席营运官。2005年11月底，公司董事会再次任命丁磊先生担任网易首席执行官。

在创立网易公司之前，丁磊先生曾是中国电信的一名技术工程师，后担任美国数据库软件公司美国赛贝斯（中国）公司(Sybase)的技术支持工程师。他在Internet领域的职业生涯中积累了丰富的经验，是深谙IT产业知识及Internet系统集成技术的出色的专业人才。

丁磊先生毕业于中国电子科技大学，获工学学士学位。

William Ding

Mr. Ding established NetEase in June 1997 and has been a major force in the development of the Internet in China. His powerful observation abilities combined with his dead-on decision-making skills have led NetEase from its origins as a private firm with less than 10 employees to become one of China's leading Internet and online game services providers listed on the NASDAQ with over 6000 staff.

During NetEase's initial two years of operation, Mr. Ding focused on Internet application systems. In November 1997, he introduced China's first dual language free email service to users, which was a decisive factor in the prevalence and growth of China's Internet industry. This email system was later licensed to a number of Internet companies in China. In March 2000, Mr. Ding exchanged his post as NetEase CEO to become Co-Chief Technical Officer. In March 2001, Mr. Ding devoted his energy on building NetEase future as the Chief Architect. From June 2001 to September 2001, he served as Acting Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Operating Officer.  In November 2005, the board of directors has appointed him as the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

Before starting up NetEase in 1997, Mr. Ding worked as a technical engineer for China Telecom and a technical support engineer for the US-based database software company Sybase in mainland China. He has accumulated rich and varied experience in his professional life in the Internet world. Mr. Ding is considered to be an extremely talented professional with a commanding knowledge of the IT industry and Internet system integration technology, and a positive force in the growth of China's digital life and business.

Mr. Ding holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology in China.