Fenglei Fang

Chairman

Fenglei Fang is a highly regarded investor with a long and distinguished track record of delivering stockholder value. Mr. Fang is the founder and chairman of HOPU Investments, director of Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Limited and chairman of Beijing Gaohua Securities Company Limited. Previously, he served as deputy chief executive of China International Capital Corporation (CICC) from 1995 to 2000, Chief Executive Officer of BOC International Holdings Ltd from 2000 to 2001 and Chief Executive Officer of ICEA Finance Holdings Limited from 2002 to 2003. In addition to the transactions he has led at HOPU Investments, Mr. Fang was involved in a number of high-profile transactions as part of his positions at Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Limited and China International Capital Corporation (CICC) such as China Telecom’s acquisition of equity stakes in Hong Kong Telecom, the initial public listings of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom, PetroChina and Sinopec, and Pacific Century Cyber Works’ acquisition of Hong Kong Telecom and China National Offshore Oil Corporation's acquisition of a major oilfield in Nigeria. Mr. Fang was recognized as one of the “Top Ten Influential Leaders of China’s Capital Market” in 2003 by Financial Asia and was awarded “Asian Financial Service Development Outstanding Achievement”in 2008 by Euromoney. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Teach for China, China Advisory Board Member for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and International Committee Member for the Kennedy Center for the Arts. Mr Fang is also founder of the Duancun School in Hebei and the Fuxi School in Gansu. Mr. Fang graduated from Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University with a B.A. in Chinese and Economics. He also received an Executive Education certificate from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.