In 2021, the world of investors entered another "roaring 20s" . The test of the epidemic, the game of great powers, climate and demographic change... Needless to say, we are facing richer unknowns and more complex challenges. When the paradigm of business model and value aesthetics is rewritten, the capital market inevitably embarks on another long journey of competition and cooperation.
100 years ago, Barron's magazine was founded to observe and document everything in the world from the perspective of investors – in the vicissitudes of the last century, a series of remarkable companies were conceived, grown, and risen, and generations of outstanding investors wielded their wisdom to push the prosperity of financial markets to heights that people did not imagine.
History shows that smart investors are always responsive to every global crisis, technological change and shift in social needs. They have gained a lot from it, created returns for thousands of investors, and more importantly, they have provided funds for the most vibrant technologies and industries in their time, supporting the crisis, accompanying the ups and downs, and accelerating the return of prosperity.
Today, 100 years later, China is in such a big era when the prelude was first revealed. The Mesozoic forces of China's investment community are bound to assume those indispensable roles in the new cycle and achieve extraordinary things.
So, in the third year after entering the Chinese market, the Chinese edition of Barron's Magazine launched the annual selection of "Investment Elite Under 40". This list aims to look forward to the future of young people and young leaders under the age of 40 who have the potential to change the future of China's investment community. They may have made a lot of achievements in the industry, or they are just beginning to emerge, but they are still young in the obstructive and long investment world.
The age condition for this year's "U40 Investment Elite" is to be born after January 1, 1981.
She/he directly or indirectly generates great returns for investors.
Over the past year, they have been the implementers of an outstanding investment practice, the leaders of an outstanding investment team, the initiators of an important innovation in an industry, or the elites who have made a key contribution to the development of the industry.
The selectees are currently serving investment institutions in China or have China as the main business location.
This year's selection mainly examines candidates from three aspects: investment practice and innovation, investment performance, and influence; the performance inspection cycle is mainly based on 2021, and it goes back two years.
In addition, Barron China's "U40 Investment Elite" breaks the common boundaries between the venture capital field and the stock market, and includes elites at different investment stages, methods and markets into the selection scope. For candidates from the VC/PE industry, the focus is on the investment projects, investment amounts, exit returns and typical cases of the candidates; Barron's weekly focuses on the number of IPOs. For fund managers in the secondary market, factors such as management scale, performance returns, industry influence and representative fund performance are comprehensively considered. At the same time, the list balances the diversity of the entrants' segments and achievement quadrants.
I wish this year's finalists new results in 2022 and beyond. We believe that this generation of Chinese young investment elites has the potential to lead the direction of the tide, and their creative decisions and practices will accompany the growth of excellent companies and affect the investment and life of more people.
Below is the list of investment elites under the age of 40 in 2021
