Damon Xi to head the UCWeb business in India

BANGALORE, INDIA: UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group Company has appointed Damon Xi as the General Manager for UCWeb India. This move puts Damon in charge of the strategic alliance and business development for the company in India.

Damon was earlier in Tencent and has over 12 years of professional experience in internet and telecom industry. At Tencent he was responsible for strategic partnership, WeChat/ JOOX business operation and post investment management of Tencent invested entities in several countries including India, Indonesia and South Africa. Prior to Tencent, Damon has worked TCL communication with different managing roles.

Kenny Ye, General Manager of Overseas Business, Alibaba Mobile Business Group, spoke about the strategic change in India saying, “Damon with his strategic abilities and immense managing associations in the internet industry is the ideal candidate to take over Robert Bu, who will now be heading global business of UC Union. The UCWeb story in India is not just transformative but also positions UCWeb as a thought leader in the mobile internet domain and we are sure that Damon will take the story forward to even bigger heights.”

UC Browser has reached a milestone of 100 million MAUs in India and with a market share of 57% (as per Stat Counter), UC Browser is the largest mobile browser in India. UCWeb is poised to further consolidate its position as a content distribution platform by inviting more and more key opinion leaders, celebrities and self-publishers to join the We Media program to offer unique content on UC News. This will also help the contributors to gain traffic, revenue and followers from the platform.” About Damon Xi, General Manager, UCWeb India