Forrest Zhang is that unusual creature in China, an entrepreneur twice over. Having already set up the family web-hosting and domain registrationg firm, China.net, with his brother and father, he decided to branch out on his own. China.net is now a mature company with a stable cashflow. I originated the company, secured two rounds of financing for it, and have left it in the capable hands of my brother, he comments.
Sitting in the lobby of Beijing's Hyatt Hotel, Zhang is dressed in a navy blue tank top, an expensive patterned shirt and dark trousers. A clue to his personality is perhaps the small tuft of beard he allows to grow...