In the past ten years, the Internet industry has become a "pig on the outlet", and a large number of Internet giants have been born in this industry, and a number of celebrities have also been created.
However, with the retirement of Ma Yun, Huang Zheng's transfer of power, and the resignation of Liu Qiangdong! The golden age of the Internet is a thing of the past.
On April 7 this year, JD.com announced that its president, Xu Lei, succeeded Liu Qiangdong as CEO of JD.com, who stepped down as CEO of the company.
It is worth saying that since retiring from the background in 2018, Liu Qiangdong has successively stepped down as a legal representative and senior executive of companies including Jingdong Group, Jingdong Digital, Jingdong Logistics and so on. According to public data, in 2020, Liu Qiangdong stepped down from about 230 companies, and in 2021, Liu Qiangdong stepped down from 18 companies.
In addition to stepping down from the company, Liu Qiangdong also chose to cash out. Some time ago, Liu Qiangdong repeatedly cashed out 6.6 billion yuan, and the mysterious female rich man who was closely related to him bought 560 million Mediterranean mansions in full was screened on major online platforms.
To be honest, Jingdong was made by Liu Qiangdong, and the money that people earned by their own ability was cashed out in a reasonable way, which is beyond reproach.
Just recently, Liu Qiangdong once again chose to transfer equity.
On September 16, JD Logistics announced that Liu Qiangdong agreed to transfer the 45% stake held by Xi'an JD.com to Miao Qin.
JD Health also announced on the same day that Liu Qiangdong entered into an equity transfer agreement on September 16 and agreed to transfer 45% of the equity held by Suqian Tianning to Miao Qin, vice president of JD Group.
It is worth noting that the development of Jingdong Health and Jingdong Logistics is on the rise. Among them, the total revenue of Jingdong Logistics in the second quarter was 31.272 billion yuan, an increase of 19.99% year-on-year, turning a loss into a profit year-on-year. JD Health's total revenue in the first half of this year was 20.2 billion yuan, an increase of 48.3% year-on-year, which was also profitable.
As of the end of 2021, Liu Qiangdong holds 65.07% of the shares of JD Logistics and 68.94% of the shares of JD Health, which can be said to be the absolute controlling shareholder.
At this time, Liu Qiangdong actually handed over so much equity to a vice president, what is the logic behind this? According to public information, Miao Qin joined JD.com in June 2020 and is currently the vice president of JD.com, the head of the retail life service business group, and is not a member of the board of directors of JD.com.
Is it difficult for Liu Qiangdong to really leave the Jingdong Group he founded completely?
You know, Liu Qiangdong publicly said in the course of many interviews that his desire for control is very strong, and if he loses the control of JD.com, he will take money and leave, and he does not want to waste time with investors.
However, public information shows that as of March 31, 2022, Liu Qiangdong held 13.8% of the shares of JD.com and had 76.1% of the voting rights. In addition to Jingdong Group, Liu Qiangdong has absolute control over Jingdong companies such as Jingdong Logistics and Jingdong Health. So for now, he just chose to retreat into the background and push professional managers to the front desk as a way to fade out of people's sight.
A poor boy who has suffered from childhood and can only eat sweet potato porridge every day has become the strongest grassroots counterattack. Liu Qiangdong, who is only 48 years old this year, is not expected to retire so early, but it can be expected that in the future, he will continue to reduce his holdings and cash out, and equity transfer may also become commonplace and begin to lay out family assets.
The struggle between capital may also be difficult for ordinary people like you and me to experience. But as an entrepreneur these years, Liu Qiangdong is qualified. His era has come to an end, but the name Liu Qiangdong will still be mentioned from time to time.