Sonny Xiao
Yang "Sonny" Xiao | |
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| 肖阳 (Chinese) | |
| Born | Beijing, China |
| Education | Southern Methodist University |
| Organization | Vice-president of Nenking Group |
| Xiao Yang | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 肖陽 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 肖阳 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiāo Yáng | ||||||
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Yang "Sonny" Xiao (Chinese: 肖阳; pinyin: Xiāo Yáng), born in Beijing, is the vice-president of Nenking Group, in charge of Sport Culture.
Early life
[edit]Xiao was born in Beijing, China. Xiao's father is Xiao Tian (Chinese: 肖天), former Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China.
Education
[edit]In 2005, Xiao earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University, United States. In 2012, Xiao earned an MBA.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2006, Xiao was in charge of Department of Business Development / Government Relations of Ticketmaster China, which was the exclusive ticketing agent of 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
In 2010, Xiao joined "Texas Legends" owners and became the first Chinese-born owner in NBDL. "Texas Legends" is a NBDL team under "Dallas Mavericks".[4][3]
In 2013, Xiao joined "Morgan Stanley Huaxin Serurities" as IBD vice-president. In 2014, a file of "employment status of senior officer's children by Morgan Stanley Huaxin Serurities" was uploaded to the internet, showing that Sonny Xiao is the son of Xiao Tian, the Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China at that time.[5][6][3]
In 2015, Xiao turned to Hony Capital. His father Xiao Tian was "double-expelled" (means expelled from the CPC and public official work) in the same year.
In 2017, Xiao joined Nenking Group as the vice-president in charge of Sport Culture. He also became the president of basketball operations for the Guangzhou Long Lions.
In 2018, Nenking purchased a seat for Guangzhou in the Overwatch League.[7] This investment was led by Sonny Xiao and was considered as a milestone of China eSports' professionalization and commercialization.[8][9] He also became the CEO of the team later on.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Xiao's father Xiao Tian was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison on December 26, 2016 for corruption.[11][5][6][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sonny Xiao on LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "国家体育总局腐败案仍在发酵". 网易财经. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ a b c "體育總局副局長肖天之子生意曝光 - 快訊-文匯網". Wen Wei Po. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Chinese-born Sonny Xiao joins Legends owners - Dallas Mavericks Blog- ESPN". ESPN. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ a b "曝肖天儿子是NBA联盟首位华人老板 易建联曾为他打球". 凤凰体育. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ a b "肖天儿子涉外企行贿中国高官案 供职金融企业". 凤凰体育. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ "Atlanta and Guangzhou take the stage". Blizzard Entertainment. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "Long-Lions' owner Nenxing joined Overwatch League, setting a goal to the dynasty of China eSports". Zheng Zhihui, 《Xinkuaibao》. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Exclusive interview to Nenking Group's vice-president Xiao Yang: Why crossing-over from CBA to eSports league". Wu Yi & Zhang Wenjie, 《The Time Weekly》. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ "Guangzhou Overwatch League Team Announces Executive Leadership - The Esports Observer". The Esports Observer. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "体育总局原副局长肖天收受796万 获刑10年6个月". Sina. December 26, 2016.
- ^ "體總肖天涉全運會腐敗被查". 成报. 2015-06-26. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "肖天妻子或被协查". 太原晚报. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
External links
[edit]- Sonny Xiao on Facebook
- Sonny Xiao on Twitter
- Sonny Xiao on LinkedIn