Top 15 influential business people in China
- By Lin Liyao
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Neil Shen (沈南鹏)
Company: Sequoia Capital China (红杉资本中国)
Industry: Investment
Position: Board chairman, CEO
Age: 42
As one of the most successful venture capitalists in China, Neil Shen is said to "turn stone into gold." After graduating from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Yale University, Shen worked many years in the investment banking industry in New York and Hong Kong. In 1999, he became one of the founders of Ctrip.com, now the largest online travel company in China, going public in 2003. He is also a co-founder and co-chairman of Home Inns, the leading economic hotel chain in China, which went public in 2006. In 2005, Shen left Ctrip and joined Sequoia Capital, investing in many companies in science and technology and other areas. Against the backdrop of the finanical crisis, Shen and his Sequoia remains bullish about China and invest heavily in many promising Chinese companies.
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