SINA Corporation

Detailed Description

SINA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online media company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates SINA.com, an online media property that provides region-focused format and content, including feeds from news providers; business news coverage and personal finance columns; sporting events information; entertainment news and events; automobile-related news and service information; technology updates; interactive video products, such as news, sports, and entertainment; and education, digital, fashion, luxury, health, collectibles, travel, and other interest-based channels. It also offers SINA mobile, a mobile portal, which provides news information and entertainment content from SINA.com for mobile users in mobile browser and application format. In addition, it operates Weibo.com that offers discovery products to help users discover content; self-expression products to enable users to express themselves on Weibo platform; social products to promote social interaction between users on Weibo platform; advertising and marketing solutions; and tools and services. Further, the company offers online loan facilitation and payment, VIP membership, live streaming, and game-related services. SINA Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Product & Services

Sina Weibo, Portal, Sina Mobile

Key People

Founder(s): Wang Zhidong (王志东) Wang Yan (汪延) Ben Tsiang (蔣顯斌) Hurst Lin (林欣禾)

Charles Chao (Chairman, CEO), Hong Du (杜红) (President, COO), Bonnie Yi Zhang (张怿) (CFO)

Financials

Revenue: $1.584 billion (2017)

Operating income: $388.60 million (2017)

Net income: $156.57 million (2017)

Total assets: $5.815 billion (2017)

Total equity: $3.60 billion (2017)