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beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources greentree inns news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message greentree inns hotel management group inc. type hotel number of locations 2 500 area served people s republic of china website www.998.com greentree inns hotel management group inc. is a hotel company headquartered in shanghai china . greentree inns was founded in 2004 . the company is 7th largest hotel franchise company worldwide and owns five high quality citation needed brands . greentree inns also has u.s. affiliate greentree hospitality group inc. which operates and administers the greentree inn franchise in the united states . as of january 28 2016 greentree inns owned managed and franchised over 2 500 properties . contents 1 history 2 founder 3 franchise 4 references 5 external links history edit greentree inns was founded in 2004 by alex xu along with a number of american investment enterprises with the goal of establishing business oriented hotels . citation needed by the end of 2007 only three years after opening its first hotel they had over 200 locations in china . further by the end of 2008 greentree inns had hotels in more than 60 cities with more than 300 hotels . this growth trend continued with 430 hotels in 2009 500 hotels in 2010 . as of january 28 2016 greentree inns owned managed and franchised over 2 500 properties . citation needed founder edit alex s. xu chairman and ceo oversees a mature global business operation within both china and the united states . mr. xu serves as chairman & ceo of both greentree hospitality group inc. usa as well as greentree inns hotel management group inc. china . in addition to his leadership roles with greentree mr. xu also oversees the aph family of companies a california based real estate investment group which includes aph american pacific homes inc. formed in 1997 apex pacific asset management llc apex formed in 2008 . these main two entities focus on the execution and management of his business interests in the united states . prior to founding aph in 2000 alex worked as an executive at concordia homes and eventually formed concordia homes of southern california chsc in 1998 . he was responsible for overall corporate management including planning engineering design construction financing accounting and human resources . while running chsc he developed over 1000 units of residential commercial and industrial projects . before joining the concordia operation alex served as the chief operating officer of tone yee investments and development where he was responsible for all investment and development activities . while at tone yee alex implemented strategies that tripled tone yee s real estate holdings reduced overhead expenses and resulted in a dramatic increase in operating income . mr. xu was able to achieve higher performance levels at tone yee investments through a detailed analysis of the company portfolio assessing core strengths and resources and implementing activities to analyze various real estate sectors characteristics and historical performance . additional analysis included the measurement of sectors recent changes of earning power and their market price . mr. xu graduated from beijing institute of technology and received post graduate training and degrees from the university of southern california usc in the fields of statistics computer engineering and business administration . he has also received his doctoral fellowship from the usc s school of business administration . citation needed franchise edit greentree inns hotel management group currently operates 5 distinct hotel brands which include greentree inn greentree eastern hotel greentree alliance hotel vatica hotel shell hotel references edit http www.998.com eng external links edit 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