Jason Nanchun Jiang our founder has served as the chairman of our board of directors since May 2003. He has served as our chief executive officer from 2003 to March 2008. From 1994 to 2003 Mr. Jiang was the chief executive officer of Everease Advertising Corporation which is one of the top 50 advertising agencies in China. Starting in 2003 Mr. Jiang was general manager of Aiqi Advertising an advertising company founded by his immediate family members in 1997 which was renamed Focus Media Advertising in May 2003 in connection with the establishment of our current business operations. In December 2003 Mr. Jiang was selected by China News Publisher’s Media magazine as the ‘‘Media People of the Year’’. In September 2003 Mr. Jiang was selected by the Television and Newspaper Committees of the China Advertising Commission as one of its ‘‘contemporary outstanding advertising media personalities’’. Mr. Jiang received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese language and literature from Huadong Normal University in 1995. |