VNET Group, Inc.

DB:217A Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.0b

VNET Group Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

VNET Group's CEO is Josh Chen, appointed in Jan 1999, has a tenure of 27.25 years. directly owns 7.73% of the company’s shares, worth €155.63M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.9 years and 13.5 years respectively.

Key information

Josh Chen

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure27.3yrs
CEO ownership7.7%
Management average tenure1.9yrs
Board average tenure13.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Josh Chen (56 yo)

27.3yrs
Tenure

Mr. Sheng Chen, also known as Josh, is a Co-Founder of VNET Group, Inc. (formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc.) and had been its Executive Chairman since 1999 until January 10, 2024 and served as its Exec...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sheng Chen
Co-Founder27.3yrsno data7.73%
€ 155.6m
Qiyu Wang
Chief Financial Officer2.8yrsno datano data
Xinyuan Liu
Head of Director of Investorno datano datano data
Derek Li
Group Executive VP & General Counsel1.3yrsno datano data
Xiao Liu
Rotating President of the Groupno datano datano data
Chenggang Shen
Executive VP & GM of IDC Strategic Business Group6.3yrsno datano data
Ju Ma
Group Executive VP & GM of AIDC Strategic Business Group1.9yrsno datano data
Wen Teng
Group Senior VP & CEO of Blue Cloud1.9yrsno datano data
Kun Yan
Group Executive Vice Presidentno datano datano data
Xiaomang Li
Group Senior VP & CEO of First-lineless than a yearno datano data
Zhihua Zhang
Senior Vice President of Operational Financeless than a yearno datano data
Jie Dong
President of 21Vianet Group & CEO of Internet Capital3.8yrsno datano data
1.9yrs
Average Tenure
43yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: 217A's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sheng Chen
Co-Founder27.3yrsno data7.73%
€ 155.6m
Yoshihisa Ueno
Independent Director15.5yrsno data1.36%
€ 27.5m
Chung-Hou Tai
Independent Director13.5yrsno data2.66%
€ 53.6m
Xiaoheng Shao
Independent Director10.7yrsno data2.2%
€ 44.3m
Lifeng Chen
Independent Director1.8yrsno data0.020%
€ 393.7k
13.5yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: 217A's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 13.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/30 04:46
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/30 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

VNET Group, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James RatcliffeBarclays
Huiqun LiBofA Global Research
Eric ChuCanaccord Genuity