Jack Z. Chen

CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Mr. Chen is the Founder and CEO of Transworld Capital Group.  He has over 16 years of experience in managing complicated cross border M & A transactions that involve Western and Chinese companies.  In 2006, he incorporated Shanghai Chuan Shi Investment Advisory Co.,Ltd, a wholly-owned foreign enterpise in Shanghai, China.  Mr. Chen was appointed International Investment Advisor to the Beijing Municipal Government in March 2009 and was recently invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the Beijing Investment Research Institute.  In his capacity as a trusted advisor, Mr. Chen helped to lead the successful acquisition of Delphi Corporation's braking and suspension unit in 2009 by a Beijing-based company, comprising the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company in the automotive parts industry.

Previously he was with Barrington Associates, the leading middle market investment banking firm in the Western United States (acquired by Wells Fargo in 2006), where he was the founding chairman of Asia Pacific Division.  Prior to Barrington, 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.  From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Chen was the co-founder and COO of Bestone Investment Group, Ltd., which 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 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (ticket “914.hk”) with over US$10 billion market capitalization.

Mr. Chen has been a speaker at the Young President's Organization, USC, UCLA, MIT Business Forum, China Compass Conference, ACG Conference and numerous Chambers of Commerce.  Mr. Chen is 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.  He was also awarded the Outstanding Overseas Alumni of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and involved in the establishment of the fund in North America for Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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