Baidu.com CFO Dies in Accident

Shawn Wang, chief financial officer for Baidu.com, died in an accident while on vacation during the holidays. No details have been given at this time.

Wang joined Baidu in 2004, four years after its founding, to lead it to a successful initial public offering on NASDAQ in August 2005. Earlier this month Baidu.com became the first Chinese company to be included in the Nasdaq 100 index.

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