Zhang Xin
Zhang Xin
Zhang Xin, born in Beijing on August 24, 1965, is of American nationality. He married Pan Shiyi in 1994 and returned to Beijing in 1995 to join hands with his husband in the construction industry to create their own real estate company, SOHO China, and become the CEO and co-founder of SOHO China Co., Ltd.
Ms. Zhang Xin and her husband Pan Shiyi founded SOHO China Co., Ltd. in 1995. Zhang Xin is one of the first private entrepreneurs to invest in commercial real estate in China. Under her leadership, SOHO China Co., Ltd., which she co founded with her husband Pan Shiyi in 1995, has become the largest real estate developer in Beijing and the largest grade A office developer in China. As the CEO of SOHO China, she led the company to successfully list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2007, creating the largest commercial real estate IPO in Asia so far. Zhang Xin is currently the CEO and executive director of SOHO China.
In 2014, Zhang Xin led SOHO China to launch soho3q. In 2014, Zhang Xin was shortlisted as the Chinese economic leader of the year. The 2015 Hurun women's rich list ranked eighth with a fortune of 19.5 billion.
Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 95th in the 2016 Hurun 100 rich list with 22 billion yuan. In 2016 Hurun real estate rich list, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 31st with 13 billion yuan. In 2016 Hurun women's rich list, Zhang Xin ranked seventh with 22 billion yuan. Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi were elected 597th in the Forbes Global list of billionaires in 2019 with us $3.6 billion. Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 153rd in the list of Hurun 100 rich in 2019. On October 16, 2019, Hurun Research Institute released the "2019 Hurun women entrepreneurs list", and Zhang Xin ranked 21st with a fortune of 22 billion yuan. Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi's family ranked 107th in the Forbes China 400 rich list in 2019, with a wealth value of 21.57 billion yuan. On February 26, 2020, Mr. and Mrs. Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 729 in the 2020 Shimao Shenzhen Hong Kong International Center · Hurun global rich list with a fortune of 25 billion yuan.
Personal experience
Zhang Xin was born in Beijing on August 24, 1965.
He settled in Hong Kong with his parents in 1979. At that time, life was difficult, so I worked as a timekeeper in Hong Kong factory assembly line for five years. After that, Zhang Xin went to the University of Sussex to study economics with 3000 pounds, a wok and an English Chinese dictionary.
In 1992, he graduated from Cambridge University with a master's degree in development economics.
From 1992 to 1995, he successively worked in Goldman Sachs and travelers group, a Wall Street investment bank, in charge of China's direct investment projects.
He married Pan Shiyi in 1994.
In 1995, he returned to Beijing and co founded Beijing Hongshi Industrial Co., Ltd., the predecessor of SOHO China.
March 2005, member of Asia Business Council.
In May 2005, he was the director of China Institute.
In October 2007, with her own operation, SOHO China successfully listed in Hong Kong and raised US $1.9 billion, creating the largest IPO of commercial real estate enterprise in Asia.
In October 2010, in the sequel "Wall Street 2 money never sleeps", directed by Oliver Stone and released in China after 23 years, he guest starred with Warren Buffett and other business celebrities, playing a Chinese female investor in the film.
In the early morning of June 3, 2013, a consortium of real estate developers led by Zhang Xin, CEO of SOHO China, bought 40% of the equity of General Motors building in New York with us $700 million last Friday. This is also China's largest real estate investment in the United States.
Charity
On July 15, 2014, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin both appeared at Harvard University to sign the "SOHO China Grant" agreement with Harvard University on behalf of SOHO China foundation, with a contract amount of US $15 million. A total of US $100 million is planned to be donated by the fund to help poor Chinese students studying in world universities. Zhang Xin said that with the rise of China's economy, many children are sent abroad by their parents to study in high school, but fewer and fewer students from poor families can receive university education in this way. "We decided to do something" to change this phenomenon. Zhang Lei, a former top student in China's college entrance examination, studied international finance at Renmin University of China before studying in the United States. The donation aroused heated public debate, and many people criticized Zhang Lei for being "ungrateful" to China. Zhang Lei said that the reason why he was so generous to this one-year school was that "Yale has changed my life.".
In November 2014, on behalf of SOHO China foundation, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin signed a US $10 million SOHO China Grant Agreement with Yale University in Beijing to subsidize Chinese students studying at Yale University.
On December 19, 2014, Chen Jining, President of Tsinghua University, met with Pan Shiyi, chairman of SOHO China, and Zhang Xin, CEO, in the I-shaped hall.
In 2015, Ms. Zhang Xin and Mr. Pan Shiyi joined the energy breakthrough alliance set up by Bill Gates to promote the development of clean energy technology.
On April 2, 2016, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, who are dual partners in career and life, came to the world women's international forum to talk about how life partners can work together.
Wealth ranking
On February 26, 2020, Mr. and Mrs. Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 729 in the 2020 Shimao Shenzhen Hong Kong International Center · Hurun global rich list with a fortune of 25 billion yuan.
In February 2020, Zhang Xin ranked 55th on Forbes China's "most outstanding women in business" list.
Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi's family ranked 107th in the Forbes China 400 rich list in 2019, with a wealth value of 21.57 billion yuan.
On October 16, 2019, Hurun Research Institute released the "2019 Hurun women entrepreneurs list", and Zhang Xin ranked 21st with a fortune of 22 billion yuan.
Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 95th in the 2016 Hurun 100 rich list with 22 billion yuan.
In the 2016 Hurun real estate rich list, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 31st with 13 billion yuan.
In 2016 Hurun women's rich list, Zhang Xin ranked seventh with 22 billion yuan.
In 2015, Hurun ranked eighth with a fortune of 19.5 billion yuan.
In September 2015, Fortune magazine ranked 25 of the most influential business women in Asia Pacific.
On February 6, 2014, Fortune magazine first announced the list of "the world's 50 most influential business women", and SOHO China CEO Zhang Xin entered the list.
In October 2020, Hurun Research Institute and Hengchang Shaofang jointly released "Hengchang Shaofang · Hurun China rich list 2020". Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin ranked 221st.
On October 11, 2013, Fortune magazine of the United States officially released the list of "50 most influential business women in the world" in 2013. In this international list, sun Yafang, chairman of Huawei, led the way, and Zhang Xin, CEO of SOHO China, was selected as "the world's 50 most influential business women" by fortune for her outstanding achievements.
Member of the Harvard global advisory board.
In 2012, she was shortlisted in Forbes 2012 global powerful women list, ranking 42nd.
In 2011, the financial times ranked 22 of the top 50 women in the global business world in 2011.
In 2011, Forbes ranked 48th in the world's powerful women list.
In September 2009, she was named "one of the 50 most influential women in the global business world" by the financial times.
In 2009, Zhang Xin, CO CEO of SOHO China, was elected as "2009 China professional women model".
In 2008, she was listed as the "100 most influential women in the world" by Forbes.
In November 2007, she was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the "top ten most popular female figures in Asia".
In 2005, he was named "young global leader" by the "World Economic Forum" in Davos.
In 2005, he was a member of the Asia Business Council.
In 2005, he was the director of China Institute.
In 2004, he was named the "Asian Star" of 2004 by business week.
In 2004, he won the Montblanc art sponsorship award.
In 2003, he and Pan Shiyi were rated by Asia Inc as Asia's most dynamic money figures under the age of 50.
In September 2002, he won the "Architectural Art Promotion Award" at the 8th Venice International Architecture Biennale.
In 2002 and 2003, it was successively selected as the National Committee for China relations of the United States
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