Fenglei

With the first Hopu fund nearing the end of its life, speculation has been rife about the future of Mr. Ong and his two founding partners, Fang Fenglei and Dominic Ho .

Hopu Partner Plans His Own Fund Dinny McMahon 2011

Goldman will continue to have a substantial management team overseeing its large China operation, including Fang Fenglei, chairman of its joint venture, Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities; and Cai Jin-yong,

Goldman Greater China Chairman to Retire Denis McMahon 2010

Goldman will continue to have a substantial management team overseeing its large China operation, including Fang Fenglei, chairman of its joint venture, Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities; and Cai Jin-yong,

Goldman Greater China Chairman to Retire Denis McMahon 2010

Goldman will continue to have a substantial management team overseeing its large China operation, including Fang Fenglei, chairman of its joint venture, Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities; and Cai Jin-yong,

Goldman Greater China Chairman to Retire Denis McMahon 2010

Fang Fenglei The purchase appears to be a bet that investors have oversold shares of Bank of China, which trade at a discount to its state-owned peers Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and China Construction Bank Corp.

Mr. Fang's Fund Buys Stake in Bank of China 2009

Richard Ong, who was Goldman Sachs's co-head of Asia investment banking with Machin, left in 2008 to join Hopu Investment Management Co. a fund set up by Fang Fenglei, who ran Goldman Sachs's Chinese securities venture.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

Goldman Sachs set up shop in China in 2004 by teaming up with Fang Fenglei, a co-founder of CICC.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

Hopu was co-founded with Fang Fenglei, who helped Goldman establish its China investment banking joint venture, and Dominic Ho, a former KPMG executive.

Reuters: Top News 2011