Lauder Lunch & Learn with Chang Sun '89 on investing in China yesterday, today and tomorrow

Please join us for the Lauder Singapore Alumni Club's Lunch&Learn at the American Club in Singapore.  We're honored to be hosting an intimate, in-person and off-the-record discussion with Lauder alum and private equity giant Chang Sun (bio below) on lessons from his 40-year career investing in China and recently published memoir. We'll start with some networking, followed by  some opening remarks from Mr. Sun, and a free-wheeling discussion over delicious continental cuisine.

Time: 11:30am-130pm, September 24, 2024 (networking starts at 1130, lunch served at noon)

Location: The American Club, 10 Claymore Hill, Singapore 229573, reservation under member "Jeff Plein"

Payment: SGD50 per person, includes three-course prefix lunch with tax and service (drinks not included). Lunch capped at 14ppl.  

How to RSVP:  Fill out the form at https://forms.gle/9iNdMkZcwiHWGm2o7 and send SGD$50 to Jeff as both your reservation deposit and prepaid lunch fee. If you are coming in from out of Singapore, and are unable to use PayNow to transfer funds, please email us to arrange an alternative prepayment method to secure your spot.

This event is organized by the Lauder Institute Alumni Association, and all Penn Alumni are welcome.

Contact Jeff Plein (jeff.plein@gmail.com) or Mike Pareles (mpareles@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

More information about our distinguished speaker:

Mr. Chang Sun (G’89, WG’89, PAR’10, PAR’14, PAR’22) is Chairman of TPG China. Prior to joining TPG, he was chairman and founder of Black Soil Group, a private Investment holding company focused on agriculture. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. Sun was a partner at Warburg Pincus and served as chairman of Asia Pacific for the firm and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Sun worked as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division and Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs (Asia). He also worked as an associate at  Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co., a boutique investment bank in New York, and at the United Nations headquarters as a professional translator.

Mr. Sun holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and a joint degree of MA/MBA from the Joseph Lauder Institute of International Management and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Sun is the founder and honorary Chairman of the China Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and the founder and Executive Vice Chairman the China Real Estate Developers and Investors’ Association (CREDIA). He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School, and a board member of the China Entrepreneurs Club (CEC). Mr. Sun is also an adjunct professor at United International College of Hong Kong Baptist University and an Industry Supervisor at PBC School of Finance of Tsinghua University.

Mr. Sun recently published a memoir in Chinese reflecting on his investment career titled "一个投资家的成败自述" available here: https://product.dangdang.com/29713628.html