Sponsors and endorsers
We would like to thank our sponsors and supporting partners for supporting us for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 China awards.
Platinum Sponsor | Awards Gala Sponsor | Media Co-organizer |
Supporting Partners | Knowledge Partner | Specially-invited Media |
Sole Supporting Portal
Platinum Sponsor
HSBC Private Bank
HSBC Private Bank is a leading international private bank built on the strengths, rich heritage and prudent long-term strategy of the HSBC Group. Our services are personalised and our offering is broad and global in reach. Our international network of offices provides a real understanding of local markets and we understand the true value of a global outlook and how international connections can be made tangible for our clients.
With our 96 locations in some 43 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, we are well positioned to deliver a broad range of services and solutions to our 100,000 clients around the world.
Profits before tax for the half year to 30 June 2011 were US$552 million and combined client assets under management were US$416 billion. HSBC Private Bank draws on the strength of the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations, providing a comprehensive range of financial services to around 89 million customers.
Website: www.hsbcprivatebank.com
Awards Gala Sponsor
Mercedes-Benz
The history of Mercedes-Benz is deemed as the evolution of the automobile industry. With 125 years since the invention of the automobile, Mercedes-Benz has always been the guiding force of innovation, setting the highest industry standards with advanced technologies, outstanding quality, exquisite craftsmanship topped with extraordinary fascination, making it the epitome of an auto dream brand. The claim ‘the best or nothing’ truly captures what the Mercedes-Benz brand is all about – the quintessence of ever-lasting passion and enduring willpower to pursue excellence and to offer only the finest. So has it been for well over a century and so is the promise for the future.
Website: www.mercedes-benz.com.cn
Media Co-organizer
21st Century Business Herald
The 21st Century Business Herald was found on 1 January 2001. As the leading business newspaper, it believes that “News Creates Value”. Since January 2008, it launched a completely new revision and published five issues per week, offering timely, precise and all-round business information to the readers. The 21st Century Business Herald keeps on focusing on Chinese business with global vision, exploring and recording business nature with professional quality in a rational way, and delivering business information with a sensible and rapid speed. The 21st Century Business Herald will continually work together with the Chinese business elite to achieve the business dreams.
Website: www.21cbh.com
Hong Kong Economic Journal
Founded in July, 1973, Hong Kong Economic Journal (HKEJ) is Hong Kong’s first Chinese newspaper dedicated to coverage and in-depth analysis of financial news and current affairs. Business and financial news, politics, business management, culture, the arts, lifestyle, health, science and technology are its key contents. Guided by over 38 years of experience, HKEJ will continue to uphold its mission to be an independent voice and a purveyor of quality journalism by providing reliable and insightful information for its readers.
Website: www.hkej.com
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South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. First published in 1903, the newspaper has developed an enviable reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong, China and the rest of Asia. Its online edition at www.scmp.com, and its iPad™ edition reach a global audience of China watchers with daily breaking news, multimedia articles and interactive forums. The South China Morning Post has received over 200 awards in the past four years for excellence in editorial, marketing and technical capability. In the 2010 Ipsos Business Elite: Asia (HK) Report, the South China Morning Post ranked top for being the most read amongst senior business decision makers, and for being the most important business reading in Hong Kong compared to all other daily, weekly and monthly publications.
Website: www.scmp.com
Supporting Partners
China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
The China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (“CVCA”), incorporated in the middle of 2002, is a member-based trade organization. Currently CVCA has more than 150 regular member firms, which collectively manage over US$500 billion in venture capital and private equity funds. The regular member firms mainly including the Venture Capital and Private Equity funds investment organizations which focus on the market of venture Capital and Private Equity funds investment in the Greater China Region.
CVCA members help their portfolio companies enhance management expertise and create long-term value by drawing upon their rich knowledge of capital and business management, industry expertise, and experience of global markets. In China, CVCA members devote themselves to the following areas: promoting the transformation of economic growth methods and industry structure changes; facilitating the development and innovation of emerging strategic industries; generating financing channels and employment opportunities for business enterprises; enhancing management and operational capabilities and creating values; assisting Chinese enterprises with the creation of competitive brands to engender worldwide reputations. CVCA members’ investments cover start-up stage, growth capital, late stage and merger & acquisition, which provides enterprises with invaluable support for every stage of their development.
Website: www.cvca.org.cn
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1861, with around 4,000 corporate members, is the oldest and largest businesses organization in Hong Kong. Our mission is to promote, safeguard and represent the interest of the local business community. The HKGCC is a self-funded, non-profit making organization, and is a leading voice in promoting Hong Kong as an international business centre in the heart of Asia. It acts as an international bridge, connecting Hong Kong business with the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world.
Website: www.chamber.org.hk
The Hong Kong Management Association
The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) was established in 1960. As a non-profit-making professional organization, its mission is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of management in Hong Kong. Over the past 50 years, the Association has been dedicated to providing Hong Kong with the management training, skills and experience it needs to succeed. Offering over 2,000 training programmes annually to close to 50,000 participants, the HKMA is one of the largest providers of management training and education in Hong Kong.
Website: www.hkma.org.hk
Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association
Hong Kong stands as the largest venture capital and private equity hub in Asia. As at 2010, private equity funds under management in Hong Kong stands US$62 billion.
HKVCA’s mission is to stimulate a vibrant venture capital and private equity industry in Asia while promoting the role of member firms in value creation, innovation and economic development. HKVCA provides a forum for networking and experience sharing for its members in Hong Kong; promotes industry professional ethics, international best practices and standards by providing training and educational programs; and represents the views of its members before governmental and other relevant bodies.
Website: www.hkvca.com.hk
Knowledge Partner
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), established in 2002, is China’s first non-profit, independent business school. CKGSB’s mission is to generate world-class insights on management theory and practice, and to develop business leaders for a new era of global business in China and beyond. Headquartered in Beijing, CKGSB has satellite campuses in Shanghai and Shenzhen, and a network of international offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong. CKGSB offers MBA, FMBA, EMBA and executive education programs.
Website: www.ckgsb.edu.cn
Specially-invited Media
The Founder
“The Founder” is a magazine dedicated to identifying those who wield the new business power in China. We aim to be the spiritual home of entrepreneurs. We are committed to promoting entrepreneurial spirit, discovering innovative business models and catalyzing the creation of wealth. We focus on elite entrepreneurs under the age of 45 and high-growth enterprises with annual income of RMB 50 million to RMB 2 billion. “The Founder” is the stage on which entrepreneurs can both shine and grow together.
Website: www.chuangyejia.com
Sole Supporting Portal
Tencent
Tencent Economy offers financial guidance for a large number of high-caliber internet users. It delivers accurate and all-around information about economy, finance, and investment. Effective financial management tools are life-long credible financial partners of Tencent users.
Website: finance.qq.com
