2 Quotes & Sayings By Meng Wang
Meng Wang is an author, entrepreneur, and CEO of Pangea Group. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel "The Rise of Phoenix" (2012), the first book to be written in English by an imprisoned Chinese political dissident since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. His other books include "The Transformation of China", "The Chinese Dream", and "China's New Wealth". Meng Wang was born in 1960 in Wuhan, China. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Hubei University, studied computer programming at Fudan University, and earned a master's degree in business administration from Boston University
He was an engineer at Hainan Airlines, where he worked on developing China's first satellite-based telephone system. His career as an entrepreneur began when he founded Zhongguo Guoshi Dazhong (China Guoshidai), a company that provides translation services for foreign countries' businesses operating in China. Meng Wang owns Pangea Group, which owns over fifty businesses including insurance companies, telecommunications companies, real estate companies, banks, investment firms, logistics companies, and media companies.
He is the chairman of the Board of Directors for three public companies: Hunan Automobile Automotive Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Hualun Investment Co., Ltd., and Beijing Zhongxin Investment Co., Ltd. Meng Wang has been named as one of China's 100 most influential people by Time magazine and as one of Forbes Asia's 25 under 25 power players by Forbes magazine.