China Private Equity

Peter Fuhrman is Chairman & CEO at China First Capital, an investment bank and advisory firm serving China’s most successful and high-growth private companies, assisting them with PRE-IPO private equity financing as well as mergers and acquisitions.

In the four years since its founding, China First Capital has established itself as the investment bank of choice for some of China’s best entrepreneurial companies. China First Capital’s clients include some of largest and best-known private companies in China. Its geographical reach is across all of China, and it has domain expertise in most of China’s major industries in China’s booking domestic market. It works closely as trusted source of quality deal flow with partners at the Top Tier private equity firms in China, both renminbi and dollar funds.

The firm is also a “thought leader” in the Chinese financial industry, producing in-depth research on the structure and performance of China’s private sector economy, and transformational role of private equity finance in meeting growth capital needs of entrepreneurial companies.

Peter is a columnist for two Chinese-language business publications, 21st Century Herald and Forbes China. You can read those columns here, if your Chinese is up to the task:

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21世纪网专栏：http://author.21cbh.com/PeterFuhrman

Peter was previously a founder and CEO or Awareness Technologies, a California-based “cloud-computing” security software company that holds a leading position in its market.He spent his early career as journalist and European bureau chief for Forbes Magazine, and running California-based venture capital firm. He holds a Masters from Cambridge University.

Peter is a frequent speaker at conferences on private equity and IPO market in China, as well as columnist for Chinese publications Forbes China and 21st Century Business Herald. He has lectured at UCLA’s Anderson Business School on entrepreneurship, private equity and venture capital. He enjoys cycling, and is an avid collector of antique Chinese and Tibetan art.

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Peter Fuhrman (中文名傅成）是中国首创投资的创始人和总裁。在私募股权投资、风险投资、科技行业中和美国、中国及欧洲成功的中小企业中, 他有着30年的工作经验。Fuhrman先生在英国剑桥大学获得经济学硕士学位后，就在1981年前往南京大学学习中国历史。Peter是21世纪经济报道和福布斯中文网的定期专栏作家。

Fuhrman先生的职业生涯开始于美国福布斯杂志，从记者到执行官。在为福布斯工作的九年时间里，他结识了许多优秀的企业家，并学习到他们的商业经营理念。1993年，Fuhrman先生成为福布斯杂志在欧洲的全权负责人。1995年他开始了新的职业生涯，开始涉足私募股权投资，风险投资和中小企业投资领域。他曾是美国一家知名音乐软件公司的创始人和董事会成员。之后，他被一家加利福尼亚的私募股权投资公司聘请为首席执行官。之后，他成为一家制片投资公司的首席执行官。在他担任首席执行官期间，该公司在纳斯达克股票市场成功上市。Fuhrman先生在投资和上市企业高管两个领域都有着丰富的经验。2005年Fuhrman先生成为一家制造消费和商业用软件的知名企业的创始人。他同时担任该企业的首席执行官。这家企业Awareness Technologies 是美国500家迅速增长的中小型科技企业之一。

Fuhrman先生创立中国首创投资的目的是利用他丰富的私募股权投资经验和对中小企业的成功经营管理经验去帮助中国那些优秀的中小企业。由此，中国首创投资将为中国的继续发展和繁荣贡献微薄力量。