TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forbes & Manhattan Inc. (“F&M”), a leading private merchant bank headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a global focus on the resource-based and technology sectors, today announced the addition of Kuan Capital Founder, Mr. Michael Kuan to its Advisory Board. Michael joins several other noteworthy and highly regarded individuals on the advisory board which is chaired by former CNN talk show host Larry King.
Born in China and educated in the United States, Michael’s investment career spans over thirty years starting in 1986 as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. He returned to China in 1992 to become one of the pioneering investors in telecommunications, the internet, education, energy and biotech industries. Michael has invested and played key roles in some of China’s most successful ventures, which include Quantech Electronics, China.com, Sina.com, Liming Networks, China Cable Networks, Grandhope Biotech, Hippo Animation, CyberCity Investment, SIG Capital and GGV Capital.
Michael co-authored InvestAmerica (1989), an investment guide for foreign investors seeking United States investment opportunities and was the 2006 commencement speaker at Pepperdine University.
Michael serves as a founding council member of TEDx Global. As a member of XPRIZE’s Innovation Board he is helping to launch China’s first XPRIZE for Clean Air to deal with the issue of worldwide air pollution. Kuan Capital is currently an investor in Anchor Pacific Capital, RedBird Capital, Bold Capital and Singularity University in the United States.
On joining the advisory board, Forbes & Manhattan’s Chairman Stan Bharti stated, “I am very excited to welcome Michael to the advisory board. I look forward to working with him to further build upon and strengthen our presence in China given his extensive relationship across multiple sectors of mutual interest and for his guidance to drive the broader Forbes & Manhattan organization’s performance.”
ABOUT Forbes & Manhattan
Forbes & Manhattan is a leading private merchant bank with a global focus on the resource-based sector, Agriculture, Technology and Telecommunications. F&M is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with offices, operations and assets across the globe.
ABOUT Kuan Capital
Kuan Capital is a China-based investment and merchant banking firm that provides funding and resources to cross-border joint ventures between China and the rest of the world.
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