 Donald Tang - Born in Shanghai, China, Donald
Tang came to America as a teenager to pursue the dream of love,
and inadvertently embarked on a remarkable career in this land
of opportunity, which now finds him one of the most prominent
Asian-Americans on Wall Street. A confidant of both Chinese and
American leaders, he evolved to become a key driver behind
organizations such as the Asia Society.
Most recently, Donald Tang was profiled in
The Wall Street Journal, and he was recognized by
Investment Dealers’ Digest magazine for his role in the
“Breakthrough M&A Deal of The Year” between China’s Hunan Valin
Group and Mittal Steel.
His distinctive vantage point as both
a Mandarin-speaking native Chinese, and Asian American business
leader, gives him uncommon insight into the emerging business,
policy, and cultural climate throughout Asia. His extensive
network of government, business and thought leaders in China,
India and the U.S. provide him with keen insight as to what is
brewing “beneath the surface,” deep inside each system.
Donald’s unique ability to mix many different
viewpoints together to create understanding and cooperation
between diverse interests has led some to call him “the straw
that stirs the drink.”
Truly a global citizen, Donald firmly
believes that the world is NOT flat. In his view, the world is
“spiky” -- characterized by peaks and valleys which are
comprised of the different histories, cultures, needs and
desires of its nations and citizens. Donald Tang serves as a de
facto ambassador connecting Asia, Europe, and America,
particularly on matters of economic globalization.
On a trip to Mumbai, India, he developed the
system of Economic Chakras – borrowing from ancient Yoga
philosophies to better understand the flow of economic energies
as they affect, and are affected by, governments, business
activity, education, NGO’s, religious systems, consumers, and
students.
Donald’s life work, manifested in his
tireless commitment to the Asia Society Southern California, is
to develop ‘deep understanding” of these motivations, in order
to create bridges of cooperation that will bring sustained
prosperity and peace around the globe.
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