Chapter 235 On November 16, Nobuyuki Idei was invited as an independent director

Baidu's board of directors has a total of 5 members. According to the requirements of NASDAQ listed companies, more than half of them need to be independent directors.In other words, there must be at least 3 independent directors.We have met this condition when we went public. Nobuyuki Idei's appointment as Baidu's independent director is based on his huge influence in the Japanese industry and even the international business community. We believe that after taking office, Nobuyuki Idei will greatly promote the development of Baidu, especially Baidu's development in Japan effect.

Sony has always been managed by entrepreneurial team members from science and engineering, and Nobuyuki Idei is Sony's first professional manager who is not from an entrepreneurial team and non-technical personnel. Nobuyuki Idei is not an engineer, but he has a very deep understanding of the industry. After he took control of Sony, he returned to the challenging spirit of Sony's entrepreneurial era and boldly waged war on Sony's tradition. "Unlike Japanese" - that's pretty much the highest comment a Japanese entrepreneur can get overseas.Nobuyuki Idei has many friends and travels overseas 180 days a year.He is on the board of General Motors and Nestle, speaks English and French, and has a penchant for Porsche sports cars and Italian clothes.

In November 2006, Robin Li was invited to Japan to participate in the Internet Industry Summit. At the meeting, he noticed that the only older person among the participating members was Nobuyuki Idei. Nobuyuki Idei, in his early 60s, stands out among a group of young talents in their thirties.After the summit, Li met Nobuyuki Idei for the first time at a small gathering in Tokyo and had a brief chat.Based on his understanding of the Internet and his rich career, Nobuyuki Idei gave Robin Li very valuable advice, which left a deep impression on Robin Li.The third time they met, the two chatted more speculatively. Robin Li found that they had very similar ideas, so he strongly invited Nobuyuki Idei to be the director of Baidu.Nobuyuki Idei said happily: "I'd like to think about it!"

In 2007, Nobuyuki Idei was appointed as an independent director of Baidu.Nobuyuki Idei has rich experience in international business operations, and more importantly, he is a model figure representing Japanese companies that have successfully conquered American companies.Robin Li recruited the most authoritative and senior professional manager from Japan to Baidu, apparently to help Baidu quickly gain a foothold in Japan and compete with the American rivals in Japan, because Baidu's main competitor in Japan is also the United States. enterprise. When necessary, seek experienced and authoritative support.