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Club Lunch: Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

Date: 5 Mar 2019 12:30 PM | Venue:

TALK
Out of the Gobi:
My Story of China and America
 

SPEAKER

Weijian Shan
Chairman & CEO, PAG

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:00pm* – Address
(* please note new start time)
1:45pm – End
1st Floor

Watch live on Facebook from 1pm.

Long before he became a top financier, Weijian Shan was sent to do hard labor as a teenager in the Gobi Desert. Mr. Shan shared the story of his remarkable journey from the desert to the halls of America’s most prestigious universities as it is told in his new book, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America. He discussed what life was like during the Cultural Revolution, the changes China has undergone since then and his views on the future of business in China and the pivotal U.S.-China relationship.

 

Weijian Shan is Chairman and CEO of PAG, one of Asia’s largest private equity firms. Prior to PAG, he was a partner of TPG, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). He led a number of landmark transactions including the acquisitions of Korea First Bank and China’s Shenzhen Development Bank, both of which were made into case studies of Harvard Business School. Before that Mr. Shan was a managing director of JP Morgan, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a farm labor in China’s Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco. He studied English at Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade (now Beijing University of International Business and Economics) where he also taught as a faculty member. He received no formal secondary education.

 

Club Lunch
Speaker: Weijian Shan
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
12:30pm
Dining Room and Verandah
Menu
Caesar Salad with Garlic Toast
Cream of Cauliflower
Pan-fried Pork Loin with Pineapple Gravy
Served with Mashed Sweet Potato, Broccoli and Baked Tomato Wedges
OR
Pan-fried Snapper Fillet with Citrus Butter Sauce
Served with Mashed Sweet Potato, Broccoli and Baked Tomato Wedges
Chocolate Brownies
Coffee or Tea
Petit Fours
Vegetarian Menu
Green Salad with Avocado & Balsamic
Cream of Cauliflower
Impossible Meat Tikka Kebab on Salad
Served with Red Onion Ring, Lemon Wedges, Coriander Leave,
Pulao Rice & Mint Sauce
Chocolate Brownies
Coffee or Tea
*Please inform us if you have any food allergies or intolerances

 

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