Andy Yan joined SAIF in October 2001 and heads SAIF as the Managing Partner. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Yan was Managing Director & Head of Hong Kong Office of Emerging Markets Partnership which is the Principal Advisor to AIG Asian Infrastructure Funds. He has held the position of Director for Strategic Planning & Business Development at Sprint International Corporation. His career also spans his work as an Economist with The World Bank - Policy, Planning, and Research Division and he was a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute Washington, D.C. as well as a Research Fellow at the State Commission for Economic Restructuring of the State Council of China. He has also worked as Chief Engineer with Jianghuai Airplane Corporation.
Mr. Yan graduated in Engineering from Nanjing Aeronautic Institute. He has done Master of Arts in Sociology & Economics from Peking University. He also holds a Master of Arts in International Political Economy from the Princeton University.
Investment Experiences
· Founding Managing Partner of SAIF Eagle and the TMT Fund of Huatai Securities.
· Investment President of Chia Tai Bright Investment, Charoen Pokphand Group’s Financial Holding Co.
· Managing Director of Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q) Asia Pacific
Mr. Tang engineered or played key roles in many mega transactions, such as:
· PingAn Group’s acquisition of Autohome for US$1.6B
· Taking Qihoo360 private for US$11B
· CP Group’s US$1B investment in Itochu
· CP Group’s HK$80B investment in CITIC Group
Mr. Tang is a renowned technologist and serial entrepreneur in IC/5G/IP technologies:
· Co-founder and CTO of Harbour Networks, acquired by Huawei for US$170M in 2006
· Co-founder of 3Intron Semiconductor and Aubade Networks
· Various senior IC engineering/management roles at leading tech companies in the Silicon Valley: Siara Networks, Redback Networks, 8x8 Systems, Acuson, etc.
Education
· Mr. Tang received a BS in Physics from Beijing University and a MS EECS from UC Berkeley.
· Mr. Tang was a bronze medalist of Team China at the 18th International Physics Olympiad.
General Partner of SAIF Eagle Fund
Previously General Partner of SAIF Partners for 13 years
Served as Head of Corporate Business Development for Cisco Asia Pacific Region, responsible for M&A and venture investments
Co-founder of Metaplex, a networking technology startup in the US/Australia that was acquired by Cisco in 1996
General Partner of SAIF Eagle Fund
Previously Chairman of Lotus Pharmaceutical and independent board director of Fubon Life Insurance
Served as GM of JP Morgan Securities, CIO of ABN AMRO Asset Management, and MD of Macquarie Capital, Greater China
General Partner of SAIF Eagle Fund
Previously Founding member of PENG Capital and HuaTai TMT Fund
More than 15 years of experiences in PE investment and asset management
30 years of working experiences in technology and investment.
Previously partner at Portalium Venture focusing on Israeli high-tech investment.
Executive positions in listed companies such as ECI and Gilat Satcom
University of Bridgeport , B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Former partner of CDomain Capital in charge of 600M RMB Beijing high-tech fund, previously worked at Hana Bank and Meritz Securities, mainly responsible for corporate finance and Chinese enterprises' listing in South Korea;
Over 10 years of experiences in PE investment.
MBA, Seoul National University
Bachelor of Marketing, Dalian Maritime University
Former Investment vice president of TMT Fund of Huatai Securities(top three Investment Bank in China), executed investments in 36Kr etc;
Previously worked at DCM as an associate. Selected investments: Vipshop(NYSE: VIPS), 58(NYSE: WUBA), Tuniu(NASDAQ: TOUR);
Over 10 years of experiences in investment.
Master of Management Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Techonology
Bachelor of Financial Management, Beijing Jiaotong University
Mr. Jou is the Of Counsel of Wispro Technology Consulting Corporation, which has 400+ attorneys in Japan.
Formerly Foxconn Group's general counsel for 18 years and was in charge of Foxconn’s acquisition of Sharp.
Since 2016, Mr. Jou has been one of the IAM Strategy 300, IAM Market Makers No. 17 in 2019 and 2019 Asia Individual Of The Year.
Previously partner at GSR Ventures
Senior Advisor, Hua Capital
Senior Executive at ATI, built and managed GPU business units with $1.2B annual revenue.
Venture Advisor, University of Toronto
B.S. EECS, UC Berkeley
MBA, Santa Clara University