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Shawn Yang

Shawn Yang has extensive experience in the internet industry and investment banking. Shawn joined Arete in 2023. Before that, he covered China and Asian internet sector at Blue Lotus Research Institute for eight years. Shawn has been frequently interviewed by financial medias like Bloomberg, WSJ, and CNBC. Prior to that, Shawn served as the director of strategy for China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group, and product coordinator of Riot Games. Shawn also has worked for HSBC Asset Management and Goldman Sachs. Shawn graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree and received his master's degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Email: shawn.yang@arete.net

Phone: +852 2541 5550

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Richard Kramer

Richard is the main founder of Arete (formed in 2000), the pioneer of the independent equity research space (prior to the Wall Street scandals of 2001-2003) and is based in London. For over 20 years he has focused on the wider mobile internet space, including smartphones, digital consumer products, advertising technology and other internet services. He is a frequent and highly rated speaker at industry conferences, known for his frank dissection of industry hype and willingness to offer critical as well as positive comments on leading tech companies. Prior to founding Arete, Richard was for four years #1 ranked technology analyst in Europe at Goldman Sachs, and prior to that, worked for Nortel and at a prestigious Columbia University economics think tank.

Email: richard.kramer@arete.net

Phone: +44 (0)20 7959 1303

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