Ms. Annabelle Yu Long, a member of Bertelsmann Group Management Committee, is the Chief Executive of Bertelsmann China Corporate Center and the Founding and Managing Partner of Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI). Ms. Long became a member of the Board of Directors of Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) (SEHK: 6388) in January 2016.
Ms. Long is a member of Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. Ms. Long was named as Young Global Leader (YGL) by World Economic Forum. She is the first person to join YGL’s Advisory Council from China and also serves as a member of its Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media, Entertainment & Information. Ms. Long was named as one of China’s Top 10 Investors in the TMT Industry of 2015 by China Venture.
Ms. Long sits on the board of directors of BitAuto (NYSE: BITA), CDEL (NYSE: DL), Mogujie, Dayima, UCloud, Lagou, and iClick, among others. Her other investments include Phoenix New Media (NYSE: FENG), Uxin, Fenqile, Douban and Shopex, etc.
Ms. Long joined Bertelsmann in New York in 2005 and worked as a Principal at Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments prior to funding BAI.
Ms. Long holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BSEE from the University of Electronic Science and Technology in China.