SHENZHEN, China, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 500.com Limited
(NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), a leading online sports
lottery service provider in China,
today announced that effective June 1,
2019, Mr. Huixuan Wang, a director and Chairman of the Board
of Directors of 500.com (the "Board") and the director and
Co-President of Tsinghua Unigroup Co., Ltd. ("Tsinghua Unigroup"),
has stepped down from the Board. Mr. Xudong
Chen has been appointed as a director and Chairman of the
Board, effective June 1, 2019. Mr.
Chen will join the Compensation Committee and join and chair the
Strategy Committee of the Board.
Mr. Chen has been the Executive Vice President of Tsinghua
Unigroup since April 2019. Prior to
joining Tsinghua Unigroup, Mr. Chen was Co-President of Mobile
business of Lenovo Group, President of China Mobile Business of
Lenovo Group, President of Global Services of Lenovo Group, Senior
Vice President and Executive Vice President of Sanpower Group in
charge of 3C Retail Business Group, Senior Vice President of
Meituan in charge of B2B Food Supply Chain Business.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express
our sincerest gratitude to Mr. Huixuan Wang, for his outstanding
contributions to the Company over the past year," commented Mr.
Xudong Chen, Chairman of the Board
of Directors of 500.com. "We wish him success in his future
endeavors."
About 500.com Limited
500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) is a leading online sports lottery
service provider in China. The
Company offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of online
lottery services, information, user tools and virtual community
venues to its users. 500.com was among the first companies to
provide online lottery services in China, and is one of two entities that have
been approved by the Ministry of Finance to provide online lottery
sales services on behalf of the China Sports Lottery Administration
Center, which is the government authority that is in charge of the
issuance and sale of sports lottery products in China.
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For more information, please contact:
500.com Limited
ir@500wan.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
Phone: +86-10-5900-1548
E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com
In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1-480-614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com
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