Pan Shiyi (Chinese: 潘石屹; pinyin: PÄ n ShÃyì; born 14 November
1963) is a Chinese businessman and the Chairman of SOHO China. He
co-founded SOHO China with his wife Zhang Xin in 1995.Pan was born in
an impoverished rural village in Tianshui, Gansu in western China in
1963. He graduated from the Hebei Technical College of Petroleum
Profession in 1982, later working at the former Ministry of Petroleum,
until he decided in 1987 to venture to Shenzhen and Hainan to embark
upon a career in real estate. In 1992, he co-founded Beijing Vantone
Co., Ltd., a developer now listed on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange.Between 2016 and 2017 Pan was a Senior Fellow at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government.Pan and his wife, Zhang Xin, have been
members of the Baháʼà Faith since 2005.
1963) is a Chinese businessman and the Chairman of SOHO China. He
co-founded SOHO China with his wife Zhang Xin in 1995.Pan was born in
an impoverished rural village in Tianshui, Gansu in western China in
1963. He graduated from the Hebei Technical College of Petroleum
Profession in 1982, later working at the former Ministry of Petroleum,
until he decided in 1987 to venture to Shenzhen and Hainan to embark
upon a career in real estate. In 1992, he co-founded Beijing Vantone
Co., Ltd., a developer now listed on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange.Between 2016 and 2017 Pan was a Senior Fellow at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government.Pan and his wife, Zhang Xin, have been
members of the Baháʼà Faith since 2005.
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