Film TV What To Watch Music Tech International Real Estate Awards Video Variety Home Film Awards January 19, 2010 4:52pm PT ShoWest honors William J. Stembler Georgia Theater Co. chair-CEO will be feted at confab By Pamela McClintock Georgia Theater Co. chair-CEO will be feted at confab Georgia Theater Co. chair-CEO William J. Stembler will receive the ShoWester of the Year Award at upcoming exhibitor confab ShoWest. Held in Las Vegas, ShoWest runs March 15-18. Since 1973, Bill Stembler’s dedication...
NetEase
William
Ding
Founder / Chairman / CEO
Its market cap surpassing $60 billion, Ding’s NetEase is an internet technology company ranked as the second largest mobile publisher across iOS and Google Play globally (per App Annie). In China, it runs one of the country’s most popular online games, “Fantasy Westward Journey,” with 360 million registered players, and is also partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to make Chinese versions of “World of Warcraft, “Hearthstone” and “Overwatch.” Receiving an influx of online gamers sheltering at home when COVID-19 hit China at the start of 2020, Ding redirected NetEase’s extensive funds to Hubei Province where the pandemic began, distributing masks and sanitizer to citizens, offering free online courses to students and livestreaming events to aid independent musicians, a fitting philanthropic motion since the NetEase Cloud Music platform sports 800 million registered users.