William Lei Ding

William Ding is the CEO of Netease, one of the world’s largest online and mobile games businesses. Netease’s business partners include Mojang, a subsidiary of Microsoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. Netease, facing tough competition in games from Chinese rival Tencent, expanded into movies, online music and e-commerce. Ding was China’s richest man and its first internet and gaming billionaire back in 2003. Ding holds a B.S. degree in communication technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.