Google China's top turnover Liu Yun to replace Kai-Fu Lee

"Sohu It News" (Wen/Reifeng) September 3, a person familiar with the information to Sohu it revealed that, with Google China's several senior executives in succession to play the Prelude, Lee will also leave Google China, and the same as Google's global vice President, Liu Yun, who is in charge of sales in Greater China, will take over from Li Kaifu to Google China.

Recently, there are news, Google China's president assistant, chief strategy officer Guo to leave soon. According to Google insiders said that the current Guo to the disease still occasionally go to work, but has been in the process of transition. And in the interview with Sohu it, Guo went to disease also did not have to leave the matter to deny, just said will go to the United States Headquarters report work.

Guo to the disease will leave the news is also interpreted as Kai-Fu Lee is leaving the precursor. The source said, Guo to disease and Kai-fu Lee with the Chengdu Fellow, also once for Kai-Fu Lee to open up China's business Maho to contribute to his departure is the loss of Google China, but also Lee Kai-Fu's own losses.

In addition, Google China has recently been a number of senior executives to leave. Last week, Google China product marketing director Pansy to Sohu it confirmed the departure of the Lightning, joined the investment company IDG. In addition, Google has been in the past half a year to leave the Asian product and strategy director Mi Group (now joined the speed of light to create investment), the Director of Business cooperation Mayankun (now into the post Tencent) and other people, these senior leaders have also been following Lee for many years.

At this point, Google Localization strategy three years of the formulation, the performer has left more than half. Prior to helping to develop the market and recruit employees with Kai-Fu Lee, Zhou Hong, who was called "the first Chinese engineer and cultural ambassador", left the company after four months of entry into Google China, and Taoning, the assistant director of Google China from Microsoft, also left for the U.S. to study mba;2007 the beginning of the year. The two driving Zhou Chining and Wang Whinan of the troika of the Greater China region have also been separated. At that time, this was evaluated by some industries as the result of the emergence of Google's "acclimatized" Malady.

And Kai-Fu Lee in the 3 years of joining Google China has also encountered many times the "imminent departure" rumors.

People familiar with Google's work in China believe that Google's actual working atmosphere is not as glamorous as it is portrayed. Not only Google product ideas and headquarters out of sync, often in foreign companies "duplicity, ego boast" and other problems are all there, and often travel to the United States, Taiwan on business trip of Kai-fu Lee Remote management is also very difficult.

Lvben Fu, senior Internet analyst, said to Sohu it, "as early as half a year ago, I had a hunch that there would be big changes in Google China." Because Google China has been established for three years, but has been in the expansion of market share is very weak, at the same time, in marketing and profitability is not satisfactory. Google China's performance over the past few years is more like a research institute, which must bear the pressure of the headquarters to give, Google China's top of the big shock is normal. ”

According to analysts, the Liu Yun in marketing and marketing are clearly more suited to the requirements of Google's headquarters than Kai-Fu Lee.

In the interview with Sohu I, Google China Marketing department in charge of the relevant officials still denied that Lee will leave Google China, Liu Yun will govern the news.