Renren

The Renren Network (Chinese: 人人网; pinyin: Rénrénwǎng; literally: "Everyone's Website"), formerly known as the Xiaonei Network (Chinese: 校内网; literally: "on-campus network") is a Chinese social networking service. It is popular among college students. In February 2011, Renren made a pre-IPO announcement that it had 160 million registered users. Later, in April 2011, it had to update its statement accurately to "a total of 31 million active monthly users." Renren Inc. has its headquarters in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Renren also has offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

History

Renren was founded by Joseph Chen in 2005. Chen, a graduate of the University of Delaware, Stanford Business School and MIT, remains the chairman and CEO.[6] In March 2008, Xiaonei launched its WAP version, which users can access through mobile phones.[7] Xiaonei features an instant messaging service (Rénrénzhuōmiàn, Chinese: 人人桌面) designed typically for its users using XMPP, which is more popular than Facebook chat.[8]