title: Victor Koo
text: # Victor Koo
  
  Victor Koo Wing Cheung or Gu Yongqiang (Chinese: 古永鏘; pinyin: Gǔ Yǒngqiāng) served as President of Sohu, Inc., the second largest search engine in China.
  
  He became the co-founder and CEO of Youku in 2006, which has been called the "YouTube of China".
  
  Youku merged with Tudou in 2012, creating China's largest video platform.
  
  Prior to the announcement of the merger, Youku was the #5 website in China, and Tudou was #4.
  
  Koo has an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion.
  
  ## Education
  
  Koo attended and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
  
  ## Net worth
  
  Following the 2010 listing of Youku on the New York Stock Exchange, Koo is a billionaire.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Koo was born in Hong Kong in 1966. His father is from Guangzhou and his mother is from Tianjin. He has one sister.
  
  