Datasea Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Datasea's CEO is Zhixin Liu, appointed in Oct 2015, has a tenure of 9.08 years. total yearly compensation is $1.04M, comprised of 4.1% salary and 95.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 18.18% of the company’s shares, worth $3.25M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.1 years and 5.9 years respectively.

Key information

Zhixin Liu

Chief executive officer

US$1.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	4.1%
CEO tenure	9.1yrs
CEO ownership	18.2%
Management average tenure	5.1yrs
Board average tenure	5.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Positive Sentiment Still Eludes Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Following 29% Share Price Slump

Aug 11

Not Many Are Piling Into Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Stock Yet As It Plummets 35%

Jun 19

Even With A 29% Surge, Cautious Investors Are Not Rewarding Datasea Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DTSS) Performance Completely

Apr 03

Take Care Before Jumping Onto Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Even Though It's 46% Cheaper

Feb 14

Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Screens Well But There Might Be A Catch

Dec 28

Datasea GAAP EPS of -$0.27, revenue of $17.08M

Sep 28

Datasea stock gains 6% premarket on $4.4M procurement deal for 5G messaging services

Aug 23

Datasea rallies on eight new orders for its smart push 5G messaging solution

Aug 08

Datasea signs a $22.3M purchase agreement for providing 5G messaging services

Jul 18

Datasea skyrockets 62% on establishing a new company to focus on 5G opportunities

Jan 14

If You Had Bought Datasea (NASDAQ:DTSS) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned 12% Returns

Jan 14

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Zhixin Liu's remuneration changed compared to Datasea's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$13m
Jun 30 2024	US$1m	US$42k	-US$12m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$14m
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$10m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$8m
Jun 30 2023	US$43k	US$43k	-US$8m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$5m
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$5m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$6m
Jun 30 2022	US$47k	US$47k	-US$7m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$6m
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$6m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$5m
Jun 30 2021	US$46k	US$46k	-US$5m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$3m
Dec 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Jun 30 2020	US$43k	US$43k	-US$2m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Dec 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Jun 30 2019	US$36k	US$36k	-US$1m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Dec 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$2m
Jun 30 2018	US$28k	US$28k	-US$2m

Compensation vs Market: Zhixin's total compensation ($USD1.04M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD646.00K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Zhixin's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Zhixin Liu (38 yo)

9.1yrs

Tenure

US$1,035,550

Compensation

Ms. Zhixin Liu has been the Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary at Datasea Inc. since October 29, 2015, had been its Treasurer since October 29, 2015 until August 01, 2021 and ser...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Zhixin Liu	Chairman of the Board	9.1yrs	US$1.04m	18.18% $ 3.2m
Mingzhou Sun	CFO & Treasurer	3.3yrs	US$33.45k	0.000010% $ 1.8
Chunqi Jiao	Chief Technology Officer	5.1yrs	US$28.40k	no data
Shaojie Wang	Director of Marketing	no data	no data	no data
- He	Doctoral Advisor & President of Datasea Optoelectronics Research Institute	no data	no data	no data
Bojun Song	President of Datasea Innovation Research Institute	no data	no data	no data

5.1yrs

Average Tenure

51yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: DTSS's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Zhixin Liu	Chairman of the Board	9.1yrs	US$1.04m	18.18% $ 3.2m
Michael James Antonoplos	Independent Director	4yrs	US$36.00k	0.071% $ 12.7k
Fu Liu	Director	9.1yrs	US$795.66k	13.64% $ 2.4m
Chun Kwok Wong	Independent Director	5.9yrs	US$8.41k	0.0094% $ 1.7k
Yan Yang	Independent Director	2.6yrs	no data	0.0094% $ 1.7k

5.9yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DTSS's board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).

Datasea Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Datasea Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Datasea Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Less than half of directors are independent

High number of new directors

Datasea, Inc. Appoints Vincent T. Lowry to Serve on Board, Board's Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Datasea Inc. Approves Board Changes

Recent updates

Datasea Inc. Pre-Announces Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025

First quarter 2025 earnings released: US$0.49 loss per share (vs US$0.44 loss in 1Q 2024)

Datasea Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for First Quarter Ending September 30, 2024

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Full year 2024 earnings released: US$4.70 loss per share (vs US$5.70 loss in FY 2023)

Positive Sentiment Still Eludes Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Following 29% Share Price Slump

Datasea Inc. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $2.250001 million.

Not Many Are Piling Into Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Stock Yet As It Plummets 35%

Datasea Receives Non-Compliance Notice from Nasdaq Due to Non-Compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1)

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: US$1.55 loss per share (vs US$0.80 loss in 3Q 2023)

Datasea Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Month of April 2024

Datasea Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Datasea Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Even With A 29% Surge, Cautious Investors Are Not Rewarding Datasea Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DTSS) Performance Completely

Datasea Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for Full Year Ending June 30, 2024

Take Care Before Jumping Onto Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Even Though It's 46% Cheaper

Datasea Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the First Six Months Ended December 31, 2023

New major risk - Share price stability

Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) Screens Well But There Might Be A Catch

New major risk - Financial position

First quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.029 loss per share (vs US$0.055 loss in 1Q 2023)

Datasea Demonstrates Compliance with the Equity Standard in Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) of the Nasdaq Stock Market to Continue the Listing of its Securities on Nasdaq

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$0.38 loss per share (vs US$0.27 loss in FY 2022)

Datasea Inc. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering.

Datasea Inc. announced that it expects to receive $4 million in funding

Nasdaq Grants Datasea an Extension to Regain Compliance with the MVLS Requirement by October 2, 2023

Datasea Receives Deficiency Letter from Nasdaq Regarding Non-Compliance with the Requirement to Maintain Minimum Bid Price

New major risk - Share price stability

Datasea Inc. Announces the Successful Execution of A Comprehensive Ecological Upgrade for Its 5G Messaging Products

New minor risk - Share price stability

Datasea Receives Letter from Nasdaq Regarding Not Regains Compliance with Market Value of Listed Securities Requirement

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.053 loss per share (vs US$0.053 loss in 3Q 2022)

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.053 loss per share (vs US$0.07 loss in 2Q 2022)

Datasea Receives Non-Compliance Notice From Nasdaq

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.055 loss per share (vs US$0.062 loss in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$0.27 loss per share (vs US$0.22 loss in FY 2021)

Datasea GAAP EPS of -$0.27, revenue of $17.08M

Datasea stock gains 6% premarket on $4.4M procurement deal for 5G messaging services

Datasea rallies on eight new orders for its smart push 5G messaging solution

Datasea signs a $22.3M purchase agreement for providing 5G messaging services

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Less than half of directors are independent

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.067 loss per share (vs US$0.041 loss in 1Q 2021)

High number of new directors

Independent Director Vincent Lowry has left the company

Chief Financial Officer Jijin Zhang has left the company

Datasea Inc. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $8.480426 million.

New 90-day high: US$3.82

New 90-day high: US$3.70

Datasea skyrockets 62% on establishing a new company to focus on 5G opportunities

If You Had Bought Datasea (NASDAQ:DTSS) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned 12% Returns

Datasea, Inc. Appoints Vincent T. Lowry to Serve on Board, Board's Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Datasea Signs Five Service Agreements to Implement Its Smart Information Service System in the Retail Industry

Datasea Inc. Approves Board Changes

New 90-day low: US$2.00

Full year earnings released - US$0.089 loss per share

New 90-day high - US$3.41

New 90-day high - US$3.08

CEO Compensation Analysis

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