Money Machine: A Trailblazing American Venture in China

ISBN-13: 9781394161201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 336 str.

Weijian Shan

Spis treści

Foreword by Frank Newman: An Extraordinary Journey xiA Note from the Author xiiiPart I Courtship 1Chapter 1 An Unexpected Question 3Chapter 2 A License to Print Money 11Chapter 3 The Craft of Private Equity 19Chapter 4 A Special Time and Place 29Chapter 5 Dancing with the Wolves 41Chapter 6 Rolling Faster 55Part II Fight 73Chapter 7 Tug of War 75Chapter 8 Behind the Scenes 85Chapter 9 Roller Coaster 97Chapter 10 Transition to Nowhere 107Chapter 11 "Nut Case" 117Chapter 12 Untying the Knot 127Part III Transformation 141Chapter 13 Making History 143Chapter 14 Righting the Ship 153Chapter 15 Bank Repairman 169Chapter 16 Game of Chicken 185Chapter 17 Window of Opportunity 193Chapter 18 Mariana Trench to Mount Everest 205Part IV Exit 215Chapter 19 Coveted Prize 217Chapter 20 Flavor of the Day 227Chapter 21 Financial Tsunami 237Chapter 22 Stars Align 251Chapter 23 Turning Point 265Chapter 24 A Deal That Shakes 277Epilogue The Kingdom of Freedom 293Acknowledgments 301About the Author 303Index 305

O autorze

WEIJIAN SHAN is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of PAG, a leading private equity firm in Asia. Formerly, he was a partner at the private equity firm TPG and co-managing partner of TPG-Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). Prior to his career in private equity, Shan was, at different times, a managing director at JP Morgan and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MA and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. Shan is member of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum and the International Advisory Council of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is also the author of Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America and Money Games: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea's Most Iconic Bank.