Meng Wanzhou
Meng Wanzhou (Chinese: 孟晚舟; born February 13, 1972; also known as Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng)[4] is a Chinese business executive. She is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer (CFO) of telecom giant and China's largest privately held company,[5] Huawei, founded by her father Ren Zhengfei.
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| Born | Ren Wanzhou February 13, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese (Mainland) Chinese (Hong Kong) (2012–) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Cathy Meng | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Businesswoman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | From 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Deputy chair and CFO, Huawei | ||||||||||||||||||
| Criminal charge(s) | Bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracies to commit bank and wire fraud[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Criminal status | On bail and under house arrest in Vancouver, Canada; subject of an extradition request made by the United States[2] for which an Authority to Proceed has been issued | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Liu Xiaozong (m. 2007) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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In December 2018, she was arrested in Vancouver for fraud charges.[6][7]
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Meng during her time under house arrest in Vancouver in 2021
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References
- ↑ U.S. Department of Justice (28 January 2019). "Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Charged With Financial Fraud". Press release. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201081005/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-charged-financial. Retrieved 31 January 2019. - ↑ Laura Kane (2019-01-29). Canada has one month to decide whether to hold an extradition hearing for Meng. https://www.thestar.com/business/2019/01/29/meng-wanzhous-case-is-scheduled-to-return-to-a-vancouver-court-today.html. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ↑ (in zh-hk)Apple Daily. https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20181211/59016799. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ Zhong, Raymond (2018-12-07). "Meng Wanzhou Was Huawei's Professional Face, Until Her Arrest". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/technology/meng-wanzhou-huawei-arrest.html. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ↑ "China unveils top 500 private firms, Huawei peaks list". XinhuaNet.com English. Xinhua. 2018-08-29. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ↑ Lynch, Sarah (2019-01-28). "U.S. unseals indictments against China's Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-charges/u-s-unseals-indictments-against-chinas-huawei-and-cfo-meng-wanzhou-idUSKCN1PM2H5. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Martell, Allison; Mehler Paperny, Anna (2020-01-10). "Canadian prosecutors say case against Huawei CFO is about fraud, not sanctions". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada-idUSKBN1Z92D2. Retrieved 2020-01-11.