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CITIC PE
CPE () is a Chinese alternative investment firm headquartered in Beijing. Previously known as CITIC Private Equity, it was the private equity investment arm of CITIC Securities before it was spun off as an independent firm in 2018. Background CITIC Private Equity was founded in June 2008 during the 2008 financial crisis as the private equity investment arm of CITIC Securities. It quickly a high profile in the private equity industry after hiring Liu Lefei as chairman. Liu who is considered a princeling is the son of top ranking CCP official Liu Yunshan and was previously the chief investment officer of China Life Insurance Company. In January 2010 after taking over a year in fundraising, CITIC Private Equity raised 9 billion yuan ($1.32 billion) for its first industrial investment fund called CITIC Mianyang Private Equity Fund. It was the largest yuan-denominated private equity fund ever raised in China at the time. Wu Yibing, the then-president of CITIC Private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CITIC Capital
CITIC Capital () is a Chinese alternative investment firm founded in 2002 that is headquartered in Hong Kong. Background CITIC Capital was founded on 4 February 2002 originally as CITIC Capital Markets, an investment banking joint venture between CITIC Group and CITIC Ka Wah Bank. Towards the end of 2002, CITIC Capital Markets entered the retail mutual funds business in Hong Kong. It would rely on CITIC Ka Wah Bank and Cargary Securities to act as its distributors. Around this time, Zhang Yichen moved from CITIC Pacific to join the firm as deputy CEO and would oversee the new business strategy. The aim was to build a business infrastructure so it could later support CITIC Securities which at time was limited in its exposure to the funds industry. It partnered with Bank One Corporation to launch its first mutual fund which was a bond fund that invested in US mortgage-backed securities and treasuries. In 2006, CITIC Capital Markets and CITIC Securities signed a memoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenovo
Lenovo Group Limited, trading as Lenovo ( , zh, c=联想, p=Liánxiǎng), is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, servers, converged and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, and related services. Its global headquarters are in Beijing, China, and Morrisville, North Carolina, United States; it has research centers at these locations, elsewhere in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, in Stuttgart, Germany, and in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. Lenovo originated as an offshoot of a state-owned research institute. Then known as Legend and distributing foreign IT products, co-founder Liu Chuanzhi incorporated Legend in Hong Kong in an attempt to raise capital and was successfully permitted to build computers in China, and were helped by the American AST Research. Legend listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1994 and became the largest PC manufacturer in China and eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Republic
''The New Republic'' (often abbreviated as ''TNR'') is an American magazine focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts from a left-wing perspective. It publishes ten print magazines a year and a daily online platform. ''The New York Times'' described the magazine as partially founded in Teddy Roosevelt's living room and known for its "intellectual rigor and left-leaning political views." History 1914–1974: Early years Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in humanitarian and moral passion and one based in an ethos of scientific analysis". ''The New Republic'' was founded by Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann, and Walter Weyl. They gained the financial backing of heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney and of her husband, Willard Straight, who eventually became the majority owner. The magazine's first issue was published on November 7, 1914. The magazine's politics were libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roivant Sciences
Roivant Sciences Ltd. is an American multinational healthcare company focused on applying technology to drug development and building subsidiary life sciences and health technology companies. It was founded in 2014 by Vivek Ramaswamy and is currently headed by CEO Matt Gline. Roivant maintains its headquarters in New York City as well as major offices in the biotech hubs of Boston and Basel. History Vivek Ramaswamy founded Roivant in 2014. Ramaswamy's initial strategy was to in-license drug candidates and create subsidiaries focused on distinct therapeutic areas. This strategy expanded to include developing earlier stage drug candidates and platform technologies. Roivant is a parent company to over a dozen subsidiaries ranging from Immunovant, a majority-owned public company focused on autoimmune diseases, to privately held Dermavant Sciences, a commercial-stage company focused on medical dermatology. Roivant also develops healthcare technologies through its business unit Roiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
