Yang "Sonny" Xiao (Chinese: 肖阳; pinyin: Xiāo Yáng), born in Beijing, is the vice-president of Nenking Group, in charge of Sport Culture.
[1] In 2006, Xiao was in charge of Department of Business Development / Government Relations of Ticketmaster China, which was the exclusive ticketing agent of 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2014, a file of "employment status of senior officer's children by Morgan Stanley Huaxin Serurities" was uploaded to the internet, showing that Sonny Xiao is the son of Xiao Tian, the Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China at that time.
His father Xiao Tian was "double-expelled" (means expelled from the CPC and public official work) in the same year.
[7] This investment was led by Sonny Xiao and was considered as a milestone of China eSports' professionalization and commercialization.