Chapter 12: Poaching Rivals
"Okay." William sighed.
"But you don't have to worry, I will arrange staff to check whether there are any topics involving personal privacy, and these websites will be temporarily blocked." Chen Bo didn't block it, and it made sense from the legal point of view, and it could also leave him a step.
"Really?"
"Of course, I've seen all those scandals, and it's harmless." Chen Bo laughed, it's just a remake of a commoner Cinderella and a prince's story.
Usually this situation can only exist in fairy tales, and when it really appears in front of them, it is more opposed than anyone else.
William was greatly relieved when he heard this, and he could see that this Miss Kate had eaten him to death, maybe it was from her that she had found the lost maternal love?
"There's another question, the late Princess Diana left a $20 million inheritance that William wants to entrust to you." James said again.
"Huh? Why me! James, you are the heir of the Rothschild family, and you don't know how many times more professional than me in terms of financial management. Chen Bo protested, what about you, I'm not an asset management company, take care of a fart.
If you give me 200 billion, I can really take care of it for you, and only 20 million dollars is not enough for me to stuff my teeth.
"The whole world knows that Vincent is the hand of God, and you have extraordinary operations in the operation of the company, and Harry and I can only inherit this inheritance of my mother at the age of 30. I hope that the funds I get can be used for charity and continue my mother's unfulfilled wish. ”
It is true that the royal family under the constitutional monarchy is not wealthy, and there is no other income except for houses and land, and these land rents are paid to Buckingham Palace in the form of salaries every year, which is only 20 million pounds a year.
But there are 800 staff members in Buckingham Palace alone, 3 million pounds of water, electricity, and gas bills alone, and countless castles and works of art that need to be maintained and maintained.
In fact, apart from borrowing money, the queen has hardly ever given away any precious jewelry.
It's no wonder that the royal family rents out the castle to make money to supplement the family, and for only $50,000, you can rent the castle for a weekend and enjoy the royal services of 20 servants. The Queen's throne is free to sit, and Buckingham Palace is not included here, of course, but there is also a month of the year that can be opened by ticket.
"Well, for the sake of the world's beloved Princess Diana's last wish, I'll give it a try, don't blame me if the investment is wrong? After all, investing is risky. Chen Bo said bluntly.
"No, of course not!" William immediately blushed and waved his hand.
"Then the $20 million will be used as the principal of the stake in Ant Search, and I will leave you an honorary director position on the board of directors of the company that will be established, so that you can have an explanation to the outside world."
It's useless to have an honorary director, and it doesn't matter if I give ten. Besides, the $20 million is at best one-thousandth of a share, and even if you can vote, it will have no effect, so Chen Bo is too lazy to only give him ordinary shares.
Pull the tiger skin to make a big flag, although this money is only Princess Diana's inheritance, and it has nothing to do with the royal family.
But we have a real prince, plus the prince Alwaleed, and we will give it all to the honorary director. Just ask you if this lineup is awesome, it's just awesome, it's just awesome, just ask the queen to buy a royal charter and change the name to royal ants to search, it sounds very high.
But that's all speculation, and it's not nondescript to add it.
The British royal family is allowed to do business, Charles is a little rich, what organic farms, mineral water, chocolate, etc. have their own brands, and there are 130,000 acres of private land rent to collect, which can be said to be the rich party.
On the one hand, sixty percent of his income was donated to charity, and on the other hand, his relationship with his two sons was not good.
I'd rather live with my grandmother than follow this father, and there is a stepmother who hasn't passed through the door lying there, which is even more unhappy.
William didn't expect to be able to get a director's position, and he certainly felt fresh before graduating from college, so it was needless to say that he was excited. He has been a prince since birth, but it is not common for him to become a director of a large multinational company just after graduation.
The slightly shy prince gradually opened the conversation, of course, he would not talk about those palace secrets, after all, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized.
As a modern aristocrat, it is not comfortable to live in the spotlight all the time, and you have to always smile, and you have to be more gentlemanly so that you will not be criticized. The education from an early age was even more rigorous, not only to learn aristocratic etiquette, but also to be familiar with literature, history, geography and art.
Sports and military skills must also be mastered, and equestrianism, polo, and hunting are all compulsory courses. His uncle, Andrew, was personally involved in the Anglo-Afghan War, and he and his brother Harry will also attend the Sandminster Military Academy.
If he enters society, he will have less personal space, and he will share the responsibilities of the royal family. Every day, he receives some people who have or don't know, know or don't know the public, Prince Charles looks at the leisure, but according to media reports, he receives more than 7,000 people every year, an average of 20 people a day.
It can be seen that the prince is not an unattainable character, and the chance of wanting to meet and chat and brag is quite high for ordinary people.
William is still young and has a low hairline, so at least he is still a handsome guy, and he can be regarded as the face of the royal family. After complaining about his life without any scruples, he naturally felt a lot more comfortable, and it was not until after dinner that he left at the urging of his entourage.
Headhunters, who had found nothing in Europe, have set their sights on the other side of the ocean, looking for them in the American business community.
Subsequently, a long list of executives from HP, IBM, AT&T and other companies appeared in Chen Bo's mailbox, but everything that can be listed here is that the headhunters have contacted some intentions, otherwise you think it is appropriate to make an appointment to talk about it and meet a nose of ash is not enough to be ashamed.
The name of one of the female executives intrigued Mr. Chen, rival Shirley Sandberg, vice president of global online sales and operations at Google.
Born in Huasheng in 69. Don came to a merchant family and was a magna laude at Harvard University. The current president is also a protégé of economist Lawrence Summers, who served as his assistant when he was vice president of the World Bank, and later as Clin. The Minister of Finance of the Don government, Shirley, was invited to become the chief of staff.
In terms of this background, it's really interesting, and a good teacher has a good starting point.
Shirley came to Silicon Valley in 2000 to join Google, Adsense, Adords and other advertising projects are from her, Google's contribution in terms of revenue is absolutely inseparable from her, and even AOL Group's use of Google Engine is the deal she facilitated in the middle.
This is a strong woman who flies, and even more interesting is her husband Dave Goldberg, who is the vice president of Yahoo.com.
Without thinking, Chen Bo immediately asked the headhunter to contact Shirley, this woman must be dug up, and she will dig up her rival at any cost!
The financing of the investment banks is a dilemma, and under the premise that they can't continue to go down, Chen Bo simply flew back to Sunnyvale, first, because he couldn't wait to meet with this strong woman, and on the other hand, to discuss the equity distribution plan and the establishment of a board of directors.
Even if it is not listed, you have to behave, not only to give an explanation to the investment bank, but also to appease the internal employees.
Aside from Pangu, the parent company, there are not many direct shareholders of Ant Search, B&P Foundation, Kingdom Holdings and Diana Heritage Fund are only three institutions in total, and individual minority shareholders include Wales and Hastings, as well as Nicholas and Zhang Yiming, of which the first two are exchanged as conditions.
For example, Hoffman got $120 million worth of common stock, Chen Bo himself also had $500 million of preferred stock, and other executives had to be reduced, and the value created was proportional to equity.
Equity distribution is carried out in an orderly manner, which involves each employee who has worked in the company for more than 1 year, how many shares of total share capital? How to distribute and how to exercise power requires the human resources and finance departments to come up with a charter and then carefully consider it.
Ant Search is now a big business, with more than 8,000 direct employees around the world, and all aspects must be taken care of, and this process will take at least half a year to solve all of them.
But Mr. Chen has already spun off Ant Search from its parent company and registered a new company in the Cayman Islands, with the official name changed to Ant Technology Co., Ltd.
The series of actions in Sunnyvale naturally attracted countless media attention, which is a clear signal that it is about to go public.
Google's revenue last year reached $3 billion and its net profit was $900 million. This year's stock market has been even crazier, with a market capitalization of more than $30 billion. Although Ant, which is now in second place in the search engine, has not released its financial report, the investment banks involved in the financing have also obtained relevant data.
Excluding the contract compensation for the sale of fox live and Java, the revenue in the last fiscal year was $1.7 billion, and the net profit was $800 million, a profit margin more than a dozen points higher than Google.
The largest contributors were North America, Greater China, Europe and Southeast Asia, while revenue from Japan was not included in the financial report, but was included in the balance sheet of net investment.
Analysts at MUFG Securities reported that Ant Japan is valued at around $8 billion and will be officially listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the second half of the year, with three investment banks, Nomura, Daiwa and Mitsubishi UFJ underwriting business.
A 17% stake in South Korean search engine Naver has been placed under the name of Ant Japan.
Russia's Yandex is in the hands of its European branch.
The Middle East and South America are net investments, and they are still in a state of loss, and they will not get rid of profitability in the short term.
It is naturally not difficult for the media to find out these news, and there are also investment banks who deliberately let out the wind, helping to build momentum is a commercial virtue, and they all want to make a lot of money after going public, otherwise who has that kindness.
The acquisition of Orange Telecom is still in the dark for the time being, after all, there is no shadow, otherwise it will be unfavorable for Ant or the investment bank to cause other reactions when the news spreads, and they still maintain a considerable tacit understanding on this point.
(End of chapter)