Mr. Fishman Woo, the founder of Firestone, is the forthgoer in China's online game development industry. He was selected one of the 100 people who influence China Internet industry in 2004.
In 2000, Fishman founded TianXia Technology and sold it to NetEase after 1 year, including 2 games "Tian Xia"(The World) & "Xi You Ji"(Journey West).
In 2003, Fishman founded Firestone Software (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. One year later, Firestone obtained the investment from Citic Pacific and joined with Optisp. Later Fishman led Firestone develop a cartoon fantasy MMORPG "Hero108 Online".
In 2006, Firestone signed a license agreement with Kingsoft and made "Hero108" exclusively operated by Kingsoft. in Nov. 2006, peak concurrent users of "Hero108" exceeded 200,000. "Hero108" ranked No.2 in the election of Top 10 Most Popular China's Online Games in 2006.
At the same year, CDH invested US$10 million in Firestone. Fishman and Firestone started the innovative R&D in China's online game 2.0 development industry.
