Exclusive ｜ Himalayan COO Lu Dongdong resigned

Source | Tech Planet

Wen | Zhai Yuanyuan

Tech planet was exclusively informed that Himalayan COO Lu Dongdong has recently left. Several people familiar with the matter told the TECH planet that Lu Dongdong rarely participated in the business since last year. According to industry insiders, Lu Dongdong's latest movement is to join Southeast Asian e -commerce platform Shoppe.

The TECH planet asked the Himalayan to verify and verify, and the other party responded that "it can't be confirmed."

Lu Dongdong is one of the important founding members of Himalayan. He has participated in the construction of the Himalayan technology team and witnessed the process of Himalayan from 0 to 1 to 700 million users. He himself has grown all the way to CTO, responsible for the entire Himalayan technology and products, and has worked in Himalayan for 10 years.

Prior to 2021, Lu Dongdong had always been the Himalayan CTO, but in 2021, his work content in Himalayan was adjusted from the CTO position to COO, and began to be responsible for the Himalayan operation system. In less than a year, he left from the COO position.

Public information shows that Lu Dongdong graduated from the Computer Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. After graduating, he worked in Hong Kong -funded enterprises "Overseas Overseas" for three years. In 2010, he joined the former "there" (the main business is anchor show and community), and he was responsible for the server architecture. Later, the "there" announced failure.

In 2012, Lu Dongdong cooperated to develop Himalayan FM products and began to be responsible for the technical team of Himalayan products. At the same time, it was responsible for large and medium -Taiwan (including big data AI, NLP, audio and video, etc.) and Himalayan FM, live broadcast, and platform platforms. In 2019, according to Tianyancha, Shanghai Himalaya Technology Co., Ltd. added two new directors, one of which was Lu Dongdong.

It is worth mentioning that the time node of Lu Dongdong's departure just happened to be a critical period for Himalayan to go public in Hong Kong.

As the largest audio platform in China, Himalayan has shocked the IPO three times since last year, but the latest progress has not yet been announced. There are market rumors that Himalayan may re -apply for listing in September this year.

Since its official launch in 2013, although Himalayan has settled in the first challenge of China's online audio track, the valuation is as high as 24 billion yuan. However, it has not achieved profitability. The prospectus shows that in the past three years, the cumulative losses of Malaiya after adjustment were 2.047 billion yuan.

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