Frank K. Tang ’94

Frank K. Tang ’94

CEO and Managing Partner
FountainVest Partners
Hong Kong

Frank K. Tang is the CEO and managing partner of FountainVest Partners, a leading private equity fund dedicated to China.

Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Tang headed investments in China for Temasek Holdings. As a senior managing director, he was a member of the firm-wide senior management committee and its senior investment and divestment committee.

Prior to joining Temasek, Mr. Tang worked at Goldman Sachs for nearly 11 years. He began his investment banking career in the New York office before moving to to Hong Kong. Between 2000 and 2002, Mr. Tang worked as an executive director in the principal investment area, the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs. He was later managing director and head of the telecom, media, and technology investment banking effort in Asia ex-Japan.

Mr. Tang holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a board governor of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, vice chairman of the Beijing Private Equity Association, and vice chairman of the Shanghai Private Equity Association.

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  1. Manager, Hawkes Financial Services LLC , New York Cochair, Board of Overseers

  2. CEO, Eni, Italy

  3. Vice Chairman and CFO, General Electric Company, Connecticut

  4. Chairman, Lotte Group, South Korea

  5. Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., New York

  6. Chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group, Inc., Indiana

  7. Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer, New York

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  1. Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York

  2. Founder, The SGV Group, Philippines

  3. CEO and Managing Partner, FountainVest Partners, Hong Kong

  4. Chairman and Founder, Capital Royalty, L.P., Texas

  5. Executive Advisor, OMRON Corporation, Japan

  6. Chairman Emeritus, Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana

  7. Managing Director,Wolfensohn Fund, Management L.P., New York

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  1. Chairman and CEO, Thompson Distribution Company, Indiana

  2. Chief Executive Officer, Thorndale Farm LLC, New York

  3. Executive Vice Chairman, Schroders plc, England

  4. Chairman, President, and CEO, EMC Corporation, Massachusetts

  5. Chairman, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Philippines

  6. Chairman, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Citicorp, Dubai and London

  7. President and Chief Investment Officer, Cantillon Capital Management, New York

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  1. Director, Executives in Residence Program, Columbia Business School, New York

  2. Founder and CEO, Tupelo Capital Management L.L.C., New York

  3. Chairman, Scientific Games Corporation, New York

  4. Chairman, Wheelock and Company Ltd and the Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, China

  5. Former Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Office of the President
    Chairman, Yuchengco Group of Companies, Philippines

  6. Founding and Managing Principal, The Jordan Company LP, Chairman, Jordan/Zalaznick Advisers, Inc., New York

  7. President and CEO, LFC Capital, Inc., Illinois