Zhang Xin (businesswoman)

Zhang Xin (zh-tsp|t=張欣|s=张欣|p=Zhāng Xīn, born 1965) is a wealthy businesswoman from Mainland China. Presently, she is the CEO of SOHO China, a Chinese commercial real estate developer listed in Hong Kong.

Born in Beijing in 1965, Zhang Xin moved to Hong Kong at age of 14. Later, she went to England and studied Economics at the University of Sussex. In 1992, she graduated with a Master’s Degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University. She then ventured upon a career in investment banking, working for Goldman Sachs and Travelers Group before returning to her hometown, Beijing. She co-founded SOHO China with her husband Pan Shiyi in 1995. SOHO China is the largest developer in Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD) in terms of both gross floor area and gross sales.

Zhang Xin has won many prestigious international awards for her role as a patron of visionary architecture in China and as an innovative entrepreneur. She won BusinessWeek´s Stars of Asia Award for the year of 2004, and was awarded a Special Prize at the 8th la Biennale di Venezia. She also received the Year 2004 Montblanc Arts Patronage Award [Refer to http://www.montblanc.com/1681.php] . In 2007, she was selected as one of the “Ten Women to Watch in Asia” by the Wall Street Journal.

She is a member and Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum, Davos, as well as a trustee of China Institute in America and a member of Asia Business Council.

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