雅虎創始人楊致遠加盟滴滴快的
Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest internet car hailing company, has named Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang as a senior adviser and a board observer, adding another internet celebrity to its team in its increasingly global fight against US rival Uber.
中國最大網絡叫車公司滴滴快的(Didi Kuaidi)已任命雅虎(Yahoo!)聯合創始人楊致遠(Jerry Yang)擔任高級顧問兼董事會觀察員。由此，在與美國競爭對手優步(Uber)展開的日益激烈的全球競爭中，滴滴快的又將一位互聯網名人網羅到自己的團隊裏。
With its position in China secure for the time being, Didi Kuaidi has been turning its focus abroad. It bought a stake in US-based Lyft last summer and launched a global alliance with India’s Ola, Singapore’s GrabTaxi, and Lyft aimed at fending off further Uber encroachment.
鑑於目前在國內的地位比較穩固，滴滴快的正將注意力轉向海外。去年夏天，該公司入股了總部位於美國的Lyft，並與印度的Ola、新加坡的GrabTaxi以及Lyft組建了全球聯盟，以抵禦優步的進一步“入侵”。
Taiwan-born Mr Yang has a wealth of experience with China’s internet sector, having been an early investor and board member of Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce giant that is an investor in Didi Kuaidi. He is also an independent director on Lenovo’s board.
生於臺灣的楊致遠對中國大陸互聯網行業有着豐富的經驗，他是中國電商巨擘阿里巴巴(Alibaba)的早期投資者和董事會成員。阿里巴巴是滴滴快的的投資者之一。他還是聯想(Lenovo)董事會的獨立董事。
The web of relationships that Mr Yang brings to Didi will probably be useful to the company in upcoming fundraisings. Mr Yang sits on Alibaba’s board alongside founder and chairman Jack Ma, and Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of Japan’s SoftBank. Mr Son was also an early investor in both Yahoo and Alibaba, and has stakes in Didi Kuaidi, GrabTaxi, and Ola.
楊致遠給滴滴快的帶來的人脈很可能會有助於該公司未來的融資。他與阿里巴巴創始人兼主席馬雲以及日本軟銀(SoftBank)首席執行官孫正義(Masayoshi Son)同爲阿里巴巴董事。孫正義也是雅虎和阿里巴巴的早期投資者，並在滴滴快的、GrabTaxi和Ola均有持股。
Didi claims 250m users in 360 Chinese cities, with services ranging from taxis and private car hailing to chauffeurs and even buses. It says it has 80 per cent of the domestic private car service market, while rival Uber claims 30-35 per cent. Uber predicts that by the end of the year China will outpace the US to be its largest market.
滴滴快的聲稱，它在中國360個城市擁有2.50億用戶，提供的服務包括出租車、專車、代駕乃至巴士。滴滴快的表示它目前佔據國內專車市場的80%，而它的對手優步聲稱市場佔有率爲30%至35%。優步預測，到今年年底，中國將超過美國，成爲其最大的市場。
