Pan Shiyi, male, born on November 14, 1963 in Tianshui, Gansu, is a well-known real estate developer and chairman of SOHO China. The company is in charge of the development of commercial real estate in China. After graduating from university, he worked in the National Petroleum Department. Since 1987, he has started his own real estate development career in Shenzhen and Hainan.
In 1992, Pan Shiyi and his partners jointly established Beijing Wantong Industrial Co., Ltd. to develop real estate in Beijing. In 1995, Pan Shiyi and his wife Zhang Xin co-founded SOHO China Ltd. On November 11, 2013, an anonymous person pointed out that Pan Shiyi would withdraw from Shanghai and account for 75% of SOHO's total. Pan Shiyi denied this. [1]
On July 23, 2014, Pan Shiyi and his wife visited Facebook. On July 24, 2014, Pan Shiyi disclosed that he and his wife Zhang Xin visited the American technology company Apple, and Apple CEO Cook personally received and explained their new office building.
On July 24, 2014, the SOHO China Foundation donated 15 million US dollars to Harvard University, which caused great controversy. On October 29, 2014, SOHO China signed a donation agreement with Yale University to donate US$15 million to Yale University. [2] In 2016, Hurun Report, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin were ranked 95th with 22 billion wealth. [3] 2016 Hurun Real Estate Rich List, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin were ranked 31st with 13 billion. [4]
