Speaker

Dr. Richard-Weidong Ji, WG,’03, is the co-founder and managing partner of All-Stars Investment Limited, which focuses on investing in the “all-star” companies in China’s Internet and consumer brand markets. The fund currently manages around $2 billion in assets and has invested in the industry champions, such as Xiaomi, Didi Chuxing (China’s Uber), Tujia (China’s Airbnb), SenseTime (the leading artificial intelligence solution provider in China), Full Truck Alliance (Uber-like ”sharing economy” leader in China’s logistics market), Grab (Southeast Asia’s leader in ride-sharing and food deliveries), the Westminster School in China (a top boarding school from the UK), and Lufax (a leading fintech services platform in China), as a value-added strategic investor. Dr. Ji was the managing director and the head of Asia Internet/media investment research at Morgan Stanley. He has participated in the IPOs of over a dozen companies, including Tencent, Alibaba.com (B2B), Shanda, TAL Group (Xueersi), and YY.com. He was highly ranked by the Institutional Investor and Greenwich Associates polls and was awarded “The Best Investment Bank Analyst for New Economy” by iResearch. Dr. Ji  was rated as the “number one stock picker in software and services in Asia” by the Financial Times and was also voted as the First Team (Asia) by Asiamoney. Dr. Ji  received his Doctor of Science degree from Harvard University and an MBA degree from the Wharton School where he was on the Director’s List for academic excellence. He received his BS  from Fudan University.