William Ding Lei established one of the topnotch Internet and video games companies NetEase (163.com) in China in 1997 and became its Director (1999) and Chief Executive Officer (2005). As NetEase CEO, William has taken his online and mobile games business across the world. His company is listed on Nasdaq. In 2017, he ranked 9th in the Forbes’ China Rich list. In 2018, he stands at 69th position in the Forbes’ List of Billionaires. Access the CEO’s age, net worth, and email address details by scrolling down the wiki page.

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NetEase Competitors

NetEase faces close competition from:

1. Tencent
2. Baidu
3. Sina

Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation

William Lei Ding’s estimated net worth is about 15.4 billion USD. His salary details will be shared soon.

In 1999, one of the first investors of NetEase was Capital Today’s Founder and President Kathy XU. In 2017, some leading investors like Sinovation Ventures (VC firm), JD (Alibaba competitor), and Meituan-Dianping gave the game maker company’ pig farm business unit 23 million USD in funding.

According to reports, NetEase is said to have an estimated valuation of over 37 billion USD. For more funding related details, you will need to wait for a while.

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Career & Education – Company, University, & College                                  

Before he founded NetEase, William was working with Sybase in Guangzhou. Prior to that, he joined Ningbo-based local government as Engineer.

He attended University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (former Chengdu College of Electronic Science and Technology) to get his bachelor’s degree.

Contact William Ding – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn

William Ding (Lei Ding) LinkedIn profile can be accessed here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ding-lei-81750915a/. To contact the CEO over email try writing to [email protected].

NetEase Customer Care Number | Help & Support

For customer service, assistance with queries relating to mobile games, you can write to NetEase’s Song kiyoung at [email protected] (for Korean market) or to Elaine at [email protected] (for North America, Europe, Japan, and others).

Wiki Trivia on William Ding – Age, Wife, Family, & More

NetEase CEO Willian Ding (age 49) was born on 1 October 1971 in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. His wife’s name is Wang Xunfang, who he married in 2006.

Lei William drew inspiration from Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. When he was 13 years, he developed interest in electronics, and eventually after three years, he was able to make 6 transistor radios by assembling different parts. It is said that he did not aim for high marks in the college. But he used to like reading IT books that were there in the school library.