The Chairman of Tencent Weibo Leaves His Place to Join Animoca Brands
On 18th July, it was reported that Tencent Weibo’s chairman – Liu Jiaming –formally resigned from his post on 15th July, and he will become a part of a blockchain game development firm “Animoca Brands” that is based in Hong Kong, as the Chief Business Officer (CBO) to do the operations related to the management of the entirety of the platform’s sub-branches. Up to 300 firms have obtained invested, as well as led acquisitions and mergers along with foreign cooperation.
Weibo additionally certified the news of Liu’s exit from the seat of its executive director because of some individual matters. Since 2020’s August, Zhou Kejun offered his services as the general manager as well as the CEO of Weibao and presided over its operations while – at the moment – he is serving as Weibao’s executive director. It is now clear that Liu Jiaming operated as an analyst of investment banking at Citibank as well as McKinsey’s partner. He entered Tencent approximately 6 years ago and had the responsibility of organizing the business of Internet insurance.
Details
The reports mentioned that in his earlier days, Liu Jiaming particularly focused on the development direction of the venue, establishing a group, as well as applying for an insurance agent certificate. He led the platform to have constant innovations, taking into account the issuance of the initial medical insurance of million dollars within the industry for the deposits of advance payments, as well as Yaoshenbao for the payments of special drugs for cancer.
Background of Tencent Chair
In 2020’s strategic upgrade, Liu Jiaming started to take part in the expansion of Tencent Group’s entire insurance sector while operating as Weibo’s chairman. Then in the very year’s August, Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance’s ex-general manager assistant entered Weibo and seated on the post of CEO and the general manager. Formerly, Liu Jiaming (the Chairman of Weibo) concurrently held the venue’s CEO. Following the appointment of Zhou Kejun, the CEO ship did not remain in the hands of Liu Jiaming.
As the reports put it, in the new position of Liu Jiaming at Animoca Brands as its Chief Business Officer (CBO), he will manage the entirety of the 300 investment and acquisition firms. He will also have the responsibility of leading foreign cooperation as well as acquisitions and mergers.
