Company: ZHIHF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000729
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Company: Zhihu Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
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2024, she served as an independent non-executive director of Digital China Holdings Limited (HKEX: 0861). From June 2020 to June 2022, she served as a non-executive director of Ingdan, Inc. (HKEX: 0400), previously known as Cogobuy Group, and prior to that, she served as an executive director of Ingdan, Inc. from 2015 to 2020. From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Ni was the chief financial officer and a director of Viewtran Group, Inc. In 2008, Ms. Ni served as the vice chairman of Viewtran Group, Inc. Prior to that, Ms. Ni spent six years as a practicing attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Hong Kong. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ni worked at Merrill Lynch’s investment banking division in New York. Ms. Ni received a J. D. degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1998 and a bachelor’s degree in applied economics and business management from Cornell University in 1994.

Derek Chenhas served as our independent director since April 2022 and, for purposes of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, an independent non-executive director. Mr. Chen was a partner of TPG Capital (Beijing) Limited from September 2013 to 2019 and was responsible for Growth Equity investments in China. Prior to joining TPG Capital (Beijing) Limited, Mr. Chen worked at SAIF (Beijing) Advisors Ltd. from March 2004 with a focus on private equity and capital market investments, and he was a principal of the firm when he left in September 2009. He was a non-executive director of VCREDIT Holdings Limited (HKEX: 2003) from March 2018 to October 2019, and has been re-appointed as an independent non-executive director since December 2021. Mr. Chen accumulated extensive corporate governance knowledge and experience through his senior management roles and directorships described above. Mr. Chen received a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School in 2001.

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B. Compensation

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we paid an aggregate of RMB10.8 million (US$1.5 million) in cash to our directors and executive officers. We have not set aside or accrued any amount to provide pension,