In 2010, Zhang Lei donated more than $8 million to Yale University, and the domestic scolding was full of scolding, asking Zhang Lei: "Why don't you donate to schools in China?" Seven years later, Zhang Lei donated 700 million yuan to Renmin University, and Shi Yigong, vice president of Tsinghua University, told Zhang Lei: "Do you want to donate 300 million yuan to West Lake University?" ”
Shi Yigong saw Zhang Lei's donations to various universities, and indeed wanted Zhang Lei to help, he wanted to build a double-first-class West Lake University, and he was worried about fundraising at this time. Of course, Zhang Lei promised to help, because building a university not only needs funds, but also in terms of teachers, it is a problem that needs to be solved, and Zhang Lei can help use resources.
Zhang Lei's donations to Yale University and Renmin University are actually to repay the favor.
Zhang Lei, a native of Henan, took the college entrance examination in 1990 and was admitted to the Department of Finance of Renmin University. When he was a child, Zhang Lei was very sensitive to numbers, but because he did not like to study, his overall grades were very bad. In high school, Zhang Lei was just like before, just eating and drinking, but soon, he felt that such a life was boring. At this time, alumnus Shi Yigong was admitted to Tsinghua University, which was a sensation in the school at that time.
Since then, Zhang Lei has taken Shi Yigong as his own learning model, and with two years of hard work, he was finally admitted to Renmin University and chose international finance. At that time, this major of the National People's Congress stood at the forefront of the world, allowing Zhang Lei to contact a lot of knowledge that broadened his horizons and received a good education. And in school, Zhang Lei met a lot of friends and is still a partner relationship.
Zhang Lei's academic performance is also very good, the national people's congress gave him the quota of yale university, asked him if he was willing to continue to receive further study abroad, Zhang Lei immediately agreed, but also met his mentor in the investment industry at Yale University, and started a different life.
Studying abroad at the beginning was not an easy task, and it was a lot of financial challenges. After arriving at Yale University, Zhang Lei learned that the original school only provided a one-year scholarship, the second year's tuition, living expenses, etc., to find their own way, but the family did not have so much money, Zhang Lei first thought of working and studying immediately, sometimes as a teaching assistant, sometimes teach others to Chinese, but this kind of work, has not been long, are done to end, he understands the importance of having a continuous job.
In the summer, he began to interview, but because he did not understand the interview habits of the American side, he was not recruited for a job. Zhang Lei learned that the Yale Investment Office was hiring, so he went to the interview, which was also his first contact with the investment master Swenson, who is a famous investor in the United States, whose status is comparable to Buffett, who manages the Yale University Investment Foundation and has achieved profitability for many years. The investment office has always been capable of recruiting people, and the interviewer gave Zhang Lei a topic, that is, to study and investigate forest resources.
A week later, Zhang Lei returned to the office with a thick pile of research reports, and Swenson was surprised by the seriousness of the person, and the report was done very carefully, because of this report, Zhang Lei successfully got the opportunity to work in the investment office. In the Yale investment office, he understood the most fundamental thing in finance from an investment perspective, finance is not only risk management, but also can really change management for the company, and even use it in governance.
After graduating from Yale University, Zhang Lei initially got the opportunity to work on Wall Street, when his job was very good, and the CEO of the New York Stock Exchange was still a friend, Zhang Lei got the opportunity to serve as the first representative of the NYSE in China, originally, this job has allowed him to have no worries, but he still chose to go back to China to start a business. Swenson was very supportive of Zhang Lei's choice and gave him the first investor fund, no matter what Zhang Lei invested, he supported it.
After Zhang Lei returned to China, he established Hillhouse Capital, which means to go to a high place and look at the problem with a long-term perspective. At that time, Tencent encountered a crisis, Zhang Lei did not hesitate to invest all the funds to Tencent, desperately, and finally pulled Tencent up, Tencent has today's development, Hillhouse Capital also started from investing in Tencent, with fame.
In Jingdong led by Liu Qiangdong, when the funds were suddenly short and could not find a way out, Liu found Zhang Lei, knowing that Jingdong's model can solve the problem of the last kilometer that people care about, which has great value to society, Zhang Lei invested 300 million yuan in Jingdong in one breath, and took Liu Qiangdong to Amazon to learn the advantages of other people's supply chain and logistics operation mode, so that the development of Jingdong to a new height. The investment paid more than $3.8 billion to Zhang Lei.
Since then, Zhang Lei has also invested in Fuyao Glass, Blue Moon, Gree Electric Appliances, Aier Ophthalmology and other enterprises, many industries have been involved, and now many of the enterprises invested by Zhang Lei have become large enterprises. In just 15 years, the assets under the management of Hillhouse Capital led by Zhang Lei have exceeded 500 billion yuan, and such achievements have made many entrepreneurs respect and admire Zhang Lei.
Years of investment experience, so that Zhang Lei on how to invest and create personal value, has a unique view, under the public's voice, he wrote his only book "Value", this book records Zhang Lei's investment experience, methods and wisdom, as well as personal value realization methods. For the first time, Hillhouse Capital's 7 major investment formulas were recorded, and he said that the purpose of writing this book was to give some guidance to those who love investment and let them take fewer detours. All remuneration was also donated to charitable funds.
After the book was published, it was recommended by more than 50 big coffee at home and abroad, such as Ma Huateng, Cao Dewang, dong Mingzhu and so on. This book is not only an investment book, but also a communication with the realization of personal self-worth, which is why this book has become a bestseller for investment and personal growth books. Through this book, you can not only learn knowledge, but also upgrade your thinking to help achieve wealth freedom. If you want to improve your cognitive level, I recommend you to read this book, it is very cost-effective. (If you need to know about books, you can click on the link below)
Value by Zhang Lei
