
AVCJ 25th anniversary special edition goes online
A special edition of AVCJ, released at the 2012 AVCJ Forum to mark the group’s 25th anniversary, is now available for download. The publication features interviews with representatives from leading private equity and venture capital firms who have played key roles at different points in the evolution of the asset class in Asia.
Starting with the venture capital pioneers of the early 1980s, we take in the tech bubble, the Asian and global financial crises, the rise of China and India and the reemergence of Indonesia.
Interviewees include: Lewis Rutherfurd of Inter-Asia Venture Management, Ta-Lin Hsu of H&Q Asia Pacific, George Raffini of Headland Capital Partners, Weijian Shan of PAG, Roy Kuan of CVC Capital Partners, Lip-Bu Tan of Walden International, Finian Tan of Vickers Venture Partners, Michael Kim of MBK Partners, Joe Bae of KKR, X.D. Yang of The Carlyle Group, John Zhao of Hony Capital, Yichen Zhang of CITIC Capital, Renuka Ramnath of Multiples Alternative Asset Management, Luis Miranda, formerly of IDFC Private Equity, Bill Ferris and Joe Skrzynski of CHAMP Private Equity, Tim Sims of Pacific Equity Partners, David Gross-Loh and Jim Hildebrandt of Bain Capital, Nick Bloy of Navis Capital Partners, Michael Chae of The Blackstone Group, Sandiaga Uno and Kay Mock of Saratoga Capital, and Patrick Walujo of Northstar Pacific Partners.
There are also forewords by Henry Kravis of KKR, AVCJ's first editor Richard Radez and Dan Schwartz, the group's publisher emeritus. K.Y. Tang of Affinity Equity Partners provides the afterword.
Please download your copy here.
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