Trina Solar Management
Management criteria checks 3/4
Trina Solar's CEO is Jifan Gao, appointed in Dec 1997, has a tenure of 27.42 years. directly owns 27.47% of the company’s shares, worth CN¥8.13B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.4 years and 3.3 years respectively.
Key information
Jifan Gao
Chief executive officer
CN¥4.0m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | n/a |
| CEO tenure | 27.4yrs |
| CEO ownership | 27.5% |
| Management average tenure | 4.4yrs |
| Board average tenure | 3.3yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO
Jifan Gao (59 yo)
27.4yrs
Tenure
CN¥4,010,500
Compensation
Mr. Jifan Gao founded Trina Solar Co., Ltd and its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. in 1998. He serves as Chairman of Trina Solar Co., Ltd since January 1998.Mr. Gao serves as General Ma...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 27.4yrs | CN¥4.01m | 27.47% CN¥ 8.1b | |
| Deputy GM & Vice-chairman | less than a year | CN¥3.72m | 0.017% CN¥ 5.1m | |
| Chief Financial Officer | 4.4yrs | CN¥2.74m | 0.0086% CN¥ 2.5m | |
| Board Secretary | 7.4yrs | CN¥1.69m | 0.0057% CN¥ 1.7m | |
| Deputy General Manager | 4.4yrs | CN¥2.85m | 0.0035% CN¥ 1.0m | |
| Senior Vice President of Operations | 14.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| Accounting Supervisor | no data | no data | no data | |
| CEO of North America | 3.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of Product Strategy & Value Management | no data | no data | no data | |
| VP & President of Solar System Business Group | 2.4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Executive President & President of Global Solar Product Business | 2.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Deputy General Manager | 1.3yrs | no data | no data |
4.4yrs
Average Tenure
51.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 688599's management team is considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 27.3yrs | CN¥4.01m | 27.47% CN¥ 8.1b | |
| Deputy GM & Vice-chairman | less than a year | CN¥3.72m | 0.017% CN¥ 5.1m | |
| Independent Director | 1.3yrs | CN¥150.00k | no data | |
| Director | 3.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 4.4yrs | CN¥150.00k | no data | |
| Chairman of the Supervisory Board | 4.4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Director | 7.4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board | 1.3yrs | no data | 0.0030% CN¥ 875.4k | |
| Independent Director | 1.3yrs | no data | no data |
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 688599's board of directors are considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/05/10 20:21 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/05/09 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. is covered by 53 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Adam Krop | Ardour Capital Investments, LLC |
| Vishal Shah | Barclays |
| Amir Rozwadowski | Barclays |