1. Meng Wanzhou, known as Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng, informally known in China as the "Princess of Huawei", is a Chinese business executive.
23 Facts About Meng Wanzhou
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Meng Wanzhou is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer of Huawei, which was founded by her father Ren Zhengfei.
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On 1 December 2018, Meng was detained and interrogated at Vancouver International Airport by the Canada Border Services Agency and subsequently placed under house arrest on extradition request by United States Department of Justice under the indictment of bank and wire fraud regarding financial transactions in violation of US sanctions against Iran by Skycom, which had functioned as Huawei's Iran-based subsidiary.
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Meng Wanzhou was released from house arrest and left Canada for China on 24 September 2021.
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Meng Wanzhou was born Ren Wanzhou on 13 February 1972 in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
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Meng Wanzhou is the daughter of Ren Zhengfei and his first wife, Meng Jun, who is the daughter of Meng Dongbo, a former deputy secretary of East China Military and Administrative Committees and deputy provincial governor of Sichuan.
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Meng Wanzhou has a younger brother Ren Ping, who works for Huawei.
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The half-sister is 25 years younger than Meng Wanzhou, and made a high-profile debut at Le Bal des Debutantes in Paris in November 2018.
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Meng Wanzhou attended graduate school in 1997 and earned a master's degree in accounting from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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Meng Wanzhou held positions including head of international accounting, chief financial officer of Huawei Hong Kong, and director of the Accounting Management Department.
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When Huawei first published the names of its top executives in 2011, Meng Wanzhou was already listed as its CFO.
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On 25 October 2021, video clips showing Meng Wanzhou being welcomed back by Huawei employees at the Shenzhen headquarters circulated prompting confirmation that Meng Wanzhou had resumed work after completing a compulsory 21-day COVID-19 quarantine.
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Meng Wanzhou celebrated her father's 77th birthday on the same day.
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On 1 December 2018, Meng Wanzhou was detained upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency officers for questioning, which lasted three hours.
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The first stage of the extradition hearing for Meng Wanzhou began Monday 20 January 2020 and concluded on 27 May 2020 when a BC Court ordered the extradition to proceed.
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On 13 February 2020, Meng Wanzhou was personally indicted by the US Department of Justice on charges of trade secrets theft.
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On 18 September 2021, The Globe and Mail, citing Canadian sources, reported that the US Department of Justice had a talk with Huawei and the lawyers representing Meng Wanzhou and had offered to end the extradition request and criminal proceedings if Meng Wanzhou pleaded "guilty" to the charges and paid a large fine.
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On 24 September 2021, the Department of Justice announced it had reached a deal with Meng Wanzhou to resolve their case against her by deferring their criminal charges and withdrawing their extradition request after she entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with them.
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Meng Wanzhou left Vancouver on the same day aboard a Chinese government-arranged Air China charter flight bound for Shenzhen, Guangdong, China after spending more than 1000 days under house arrest in the city as part of her bail condition.
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Meng Wanzhou arrived and was greeted to a hero's welcome at the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on 25 September 2021.
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Meng Wanzhou moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and obtained permanent residency in 2001.
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Meng Wanzhou has had Hong Kong permanent residence since at least 2011.
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In 2007, Meng Wanzhou married businessman Liu Xiaozong, who formerly worked for Huawei for ten years.