Jack Z. Chen

CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Mr. Chen is the founder and CEO of TCG. He has over 16 years of experience in managing complicated cross border M & A transactions that involve U.S. and Chinese companies. Most recently he worked for Barrington Associates, where he was the founding chairman of Asia Pacific Division. Prior to Barrington Associates, Mr. Chen was president of MTC Direct Inc., a holding company that bought a controlling interest in Micro Technology Concepts, Inc., the world's largest independent mass storage distributor and a VAR 500 company with over $300 million in revenues. During the period from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Chen invested in or advised several dozen companies that covered the following industries: biotechnology, IT, taxi, food and beverage, real estate, food services, manufacturing, building materials, automobile and heavy equipment. In addition, Mr. Chen was the co-founder and COO of Bestone Investment Group, Ltd. Bestone acquired and took control of the largest cement company in China and helped build it into the leading cement manufacturer in Asia. Conch Cement is now listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with USD18 billion market capitalization.

Mr. Chen was appointed as the International Investment Advisor of Beijing.  He was also awarded the Outstanding Overseas Alumni of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Mr. Chen has been a speaker at Young President's Organization, USC, UCLA, MIT Business Forum, China Compass Conference, ACG Conference, and Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Chen is also a Charter Member of the Pacific Council on International Relations and was named one of the top ten Chinese American Entrepreneurs in Southern California by Vivid Magazine.

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