Ep. 923: Weijian Shan Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, 3 a.m.

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My guest today is Weijian Shan, the chairman and CEO of PAG, a leading Asia-focused private equity firm. Prior to PAG, he was a partner of the private equity firm TPG, and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). Over two decades, Weijian Shan has led a number of landmark transactions that have returned billions of dollars in profit to his firms\\u2019 investors. Previously, Shan was a managing director of JP Morgan, and an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his youth, he spent several years working as a laborer in the Gobi Desert of China.

The topics are his books Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America\\xa0and\\xa0Money Games: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea\\u2019s Most Iconic Bank.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Life in Gobi Desert
  • Living in China
  • Human Nature
  • Curiosity
  • America the Land of Opportunity
  • Equal Opportunities in America
  • Misconceptions about China
  • Understanding Different Cultures
  • China and Japan

Jump in!

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I\\u2019m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I\\u2019m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

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