Pan Shiyi

Pan Shiyi (zh-cp|c=潘石屹|p=Pān Shíyì; born November 14, 1963) is a wealthy businessman from Mainland China. Presently, he is the Chairman of SOHO China, a Chinese commercial real estate developer listed in Hong Kong. He co-founded SOHO China with his wife Zhang Xin in 1995. SOHO China is the largest developer in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD) in terms of both gross floor area and gross sales. The pair introduced to China the SOHO (Small Office-Home Office) mode of integrating living and working spaces.

Mr. Pan was honored as one of the 25 most influential business leaders in China by Fortune (China) Magazine in 2005, one of the “Top Ten Influential Figures in Real Estate Industry” by sina.com in 2004 and 2006, and one of the “Top Ten Influential Figures in Real Estate Industry” by sohu.com in 2005.

Pan Shiyi was born in a rural village in Tianshui in Gansu Province in 1963. He graduated from the Beijing Petroleum Institute in 1982, later working at the former Ministry of Petroleum, until he decided in 1987 to venture to Shenzhen and Hainan to embark upon a career in real estate. Later, in 1992, he co-founded Beijing Vantone Co., Ltd., a leading developer now listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

He keeps a personal blog (http://panshiyi.sohoxiaobao.com), which is hosted on over ten major portals and which has received tens of millions of visits.