wang's first full-time job out of college was as a salesman of apparel snap fasteners, although he "wore an ill-fitting $90 suit and didn't know how to pronounce christian dior." he later moved on to a position at hughes electronics, where he worked from 1997 to 2001 through roles in engineering and last held the role of business development manager. after obtaining his mba at insead in 2002, wang served as the corporate development director of bertelsmann group, an international media company, and also served as the managing director of bertelsmann online china, a company operating the e-commerce businesses of bertelsmann group in china, from 2003 to 2005.