Asia Awards: AVCJ Special Achievement – Shangzhi Wu
CDH Investments started out in 2002 with four LPs and $100 million in capital. The team had been together for six years as the private equity unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), but the asset class was relatively unknown and unproven in China at the time.
Investments in the first fund included Shanshui Cement, China Mengniu Dairy and Li Ning, each of which ended up going public in Hong Kong. CDH seized on this momentum and has never looked back. The firm...
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