JI alumnus Hai Huang in Forbes China’s 2017 List of “30 Under 30 China”

On July 20, Forbes China, the Chinese edition of Forbes, unveiled its 2017 list of “30 Under 30 China,” the list of 300 top innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders under age 30. The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) alumnus Hai Huang, 28, co-founder and CEO of Asset Pro is one of the honorees in the category of Finance & Venture Capital. Following Shaolong Sui who was selected in the 2016 “30 Under 30 Asia” list of business leaders, another JI alumnus is recognized internationally.

Hai Huang, center of top row

The “30 Under 30 China” list includes 30 nominees under the age of 30 for each of the ten categories including consumer technology; enterprise technology; entertainment and sports; the arts; finance and venture capital; industry, manufacturing and energy; healthcare and science; social entrepreneurs and education; media, marketing and advertising; and retail and e-commerce. Other Chinese on the lists include Dai Wei, founder of bicycle-sharing company ofo; two 17-year-old singers of the band TFBOYS; and celebrity athletes and renowned professors.

Hai Huang (first right) was invited to JI’s Innovative Entrepreneurship and Leadership Forum

As a young leader in the field of finance and investment, Hai Huang has led his company to achieve more than 1.7 billion yuan of sales in the overseas asset, with branches in 13 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu and others. On being selected in the list, Hai Huang said, “to win this honor before 30, I am very happy and humbled. Since founding my company three years ago, I have been walking on thin ice, but I have come through step by step with my self-discipline, good learning habits, work ethics and a tireless pursuit of my ideal, which I had learned from excellent teachers and classmates during my JI years. They had inspired me a sense of social responsibility for the world.”

Introduction

Hai Huang entered JI in 2007 to major in electronics and computer science. In 2009, he participated in the JI-UM dual degree program and majored in financial mathematics at UM. After obtaining a master’s degree in financial engineering from Cornell University, he worked for Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Sales and Trading, where he was the manager of the stock derivatives group. Now he is the co-founder and CEO of Asset Pro.

As the trusted platform for overseas asset allocation, Asset Pro’s main products include overseas insurance; mutual funds and bonds; investment and immigration, and other diversified overseas assets. The company is strongly based in the local market, with sales ranked first in the country. It provides 13 cities in China with more than 800 branch offices and tens of thousands of independent financial planners to provide a full range of overseas asset allocation services. Asset Pro has been invested and endorsed by first-line investment institutions including Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund, Changan Hong Capital, Zixi Venture Capital and State Securities. The company has been widely covered by financial media such as CCTV, Wall Street and China Securities News.