Acknowledgments
Private equity is an exciting and fulfilling career that takes general partners around the world. Writing this book has been an enriching and interesting journey. Private equity itself is sometimes mysterious and the same goes for China. It has been a challenging journey to attempt to put these two elephants together and to be able to articulate and organize my thoughts on these two topics into a book.
My sincere gratitude runs deep to the many outstanding individuals who have been involved in the production of this book. I am most thankful to Kelvin, Josh, and Yuan Ye, for their indefatigable support and research into the subjects. They have painstakingly gone through all my drafts and provided many invaluable comments. Their intelligence is ubiquitous throughout the book. I would like to dedicate this book to all three of them. During the initial planning of this book, Chai Ming Jie, Wong Qing Yuan, Kenny Ng, Yeo Zhi Aik, Ryan Li, and Daryl Poon provided me with excellent suggestions on the structure and contents of this book. I am grateful to these young friends of mine. They are all the most important people in my life.
The private equity courses that I teach continue to be a great source of inspiration and learning for me. I would like to express my appreciation to Professor Annie Koh, Chiew Yee, Jacque, Clara, Diane, Vivien, Clare, and the entire team at the Financial Training Institution for their patience and support.
Last but not least, my deep appreciation ...
