Weijian Shan
$1.1B
as of 11/10/25
About Weijian Shan
Weijian Shan is the chairman of PAG, an Asia-focused private equity firm with $50 billion in assets under management.
Before founding PAG's private equity business in 2010, he worked for 12 years at TPG Capital and was the U.S. private equity giant's top China dealmaker.
At TPG, Shan spearheaded the first purchase of a state-owned Chinese bank by a foreign investor.
In 2022, Shan became an independent director of Alibaba. He also served on the boards of Wilmar International, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Baosteel and Lenovo.
Personal stats
Citizenship
Hong KongSource of wealth
Private equityResidence
Hong KongBirth date
01/01/54 (age 71)Education
Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley; Master of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Master of Business Administration, University of San FranciscoSelf-made
self-madeWeijian Shan’s fortune is worth
18K
troy ounces of gold
17K
median U.S. household
11K
median U.S. income
0.022%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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The Beijing-born grew up during the Cultural Revolution and labored in northern China's Gobi Desert.
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