Weijian Shan

Weijian Shan (Chinese: 单伟建; pinyin: Shàn Wěijiàn; born 1954) is a Chinese economist, businessman, and author based in Hong Kong. He is the chairman and CEO of private equity firm PAG and the author of Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America. Before PAG, he served as TPG Capital’s senior partner and JP Morgan’s China chief representative.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Shan Weijian. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Weijian Shan
单伟建
Born1954 (age 66–67)
Beijing, China
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Economist
  • Businessman
  • Author
TitleChairman and CEO, PAG Group

Biography

Born in China in 1954, Shan was raised in the midst of the Cultural Revolution, during which Mao Zedong closed all universities and dispatched youngsters to the countryside. In 1969, Shan was sent to Inner Mongolia where he spent 6 years in the Gobi desert. He returned to Beijing in 1975 to study English at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade (now University of International Business and Economics) and later moved to the United States among the first PRC students to study abroad after the Cultural Revolution. He first attended the University of San Francisco in 1980 where he earned an MBA, before continuing his study at the University of California, Berkeley for a masters in economics and a doctorate in business.[2][3]

In 1987, Shan worked at the World Bank in Washington, DC as an investment officer. He taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for 6 years, where he founded the China Economic Review.[4] He held various positions at JP Morgan between 1993 and 1998 in China, and joined TPG Capital thereafter.[5]

Shan is a frequent contributor to journals and newspapers. His commentary on the Chinese economy has appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, and WSJ.[6][7][8] His memoir, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America, was published by Wiley in January 2019 and became a national bestseller in February 2019.

References
  1. "Weijian Shan". PAG Group.
  2. Wildau, Gabriel (19 February 2019). "Weijian Shan's journey from Mao's revolution to US high finance". Financial Times.
  3. Steger, Isabella (16 January 2019). "A top Asia dealmaker retraces a life shaped by 40 years of US-China relations". Quartz.
  4. "China's patient crusader". The Economist. 12 May 2005.
  5. "Biography of Weijian Shan". The Wharton Global Alumni Forum.
  6. Shan, Weijian (7 January 2019). "American Companies Need Chinese Consumers". The New York Times.
  7. Shan, Weijian (16 July 2018). "China can bear more trade pain than America". Financial Times.
  8. Shan, Weijian (13 August 2018). "Both Sides Can Win the Trade War". The Wall Street Journal.
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