GDS Holdings Limited

SEHK:9698 Stock Report

Market Cap: HK$29.9b

GDS Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

GDS Holdings' CEO is William Huang, appointed in Jan 2004, has a tenure of 20.92 years. directly owns 3.45% of the company’s shares, worth HK$1.03B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 9.9 years and 8.1 years respectively.

Key information

William Huang

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure20.9yrs
CEO ownership3.5%
Management average tenure9.9yrs
Board average tenure8.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

William Huang (57 yo)

20.9yrs

Tenure

Mr. William Wei Huang has been the Chief Executive Officer of GDS Holdings Limited since 2004 and has been its Chairman since 2002. He is Founder of GDS Holdings Limited. Mr. Huang is the Founder of GDS Ho...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Wei Huang
Founder20.9yrsno data3.45%
HK$ 1.0b
Daniel A. Newman
Chief Financial Officer13.3yrsno datano data
Gee Choo Khoo
Chief Operating Officer5.9yrsno datano data
Laura Chen
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Kejing Zhang
Executive Vice President of Sales & Service9.9yrsno datano data
Yan Liang
Executive Vice President of Data Center Designno datano datano data
Yixin Qian
Executive Vice President of Operationless than a yearno datano data

9.9yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 9698's management team is seasoned and experienced (9.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Wei Huang
Founder22.9yrsno data3.45%
HK$ 1.0b
Qiang Chang Sun
Independent Director7.7yrsno datano data
Ah Doo Lim
Independent Director10.3yrsno datano data
Tat Hiang Sio
Vice-Chairman10.3yrsno datano data
Zulkifli Bin Baharudin
Independent Director8.1yrsno datano data
Chee Ming Liu
Directorless than a yearno datano data
Bruno Lopez
Director10.3yrsno datano data
Gary Wojtaszek
Director6.5yrsno datano data
Hoi Tung
Board Observerno datano datano data
Satoshi Okada
Director10.5yrsno datano data
Bin Yu
Independent Director8.1yrsno datano data
Qing Ye
Independent Director6.2yrsno datano data

8.1yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 9698's board of directors are considered experienced (8.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 14:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

GDS Holdings Limited is covered by 40 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Nathan CrossettBerenberg
Daley LiBofA Global Research
Hongjie LiChina International Capital Corporation Limited