17 Carlyle 1987Xiangdong
Yang, Ziming
Tang, Zencui Zu,
Zhunhuan Li$193 billion
(worldwide)Consumer goods, Retail, Healthcare, Financial
services, TMT, Real estate18 KKR 2005 Haifeng Liu $99.1 billion
(worldwide)IT, Internet, TMT, Food & Drinks, Healthcare,
Culture & Media, Chain stores, Retail19 Morgan Stanley Private
Equity Asia1993 Xuanqin Zhou $4 billionFinancial, Manufacturing, Consumer
goods & services, Construction materials,
Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals20 CITIC Capital 2002 Yichen Zhang $4.6 billion Pharmaceuticals, Renewable energy,
Machinery, Agrobusiness21 Hillhouse Capital 2005 Lei Zhang $20 billion+Internet & Media, Consumer goods & Retail,
Healthcare, Financial services, B2B services,
Advanced manufacturing22China Merchants
Xiangjiang Industrial
Investment Management2008 Shenyuan Cai ¥3 billion+ RMBHigh end equipment manufacturing, New
materials, New energy, IT, Aerospace,
Culture, Agriculture, Services, Biotech &
Pharmaceuticals23 Greenwoods 2004Jinzhi Jiang, Hao
Wang ¥50 billion+ RMBConsumer goods & services, Healthcare
& Pharmaceuticals, TMT, Advanced
manufacturing24 Bright Stone Investment 2009 Feng Gao¥16.8 billion RMB
and $2 billionAdvanced manufacturing, Energy efficiency
& Environment protection, Biotech &
Pharmaceuticals, Satellites/TMT, Tourism,
Consumer goods, Healthcare, Agriculture25 ChinaEquity 1999 Chaoyong Wang¥5.4 billion RMB
and $1.3 billionHi-tech, High end manufacturing, High
quality consumer goods & servicess, Culture,
Healthcare, Environment protection, New
energy, New materials26Shenzhen Ping’an
Innovation Capital
Investment1992 Jinshun Zhang ¥4 billion RMB Machinery, Energy, Real estate, Chemicals27 Trustbridge Partners 2006 Shujun Li $1.175 billionInternet, Healthcare, Consumer goods &
services, New energy, Environment protection28 Stone Capital 2008 Liqun Wang ¥5 billion RMBTMT, Internet, Consumer goods, Energy
efficiency & Environment protection, Culture,
Automobile29Shanghai Yonghua
Investment Management^1994Xiaojing Zheng,
Liang Jing ¥700 million RMBSoftware & cartoon animation, Outdoor media,
Internet service, Pharmaceuticals30Haitong-Fortis Private
Equity Fund Management^2004Baoguo Li, Junyu
Zhang, Hong Gu ¥3 billion RMBEnergy efficiency & Environment protection,
Advanced manufacturing, New energy, New
materials, IT, Biotech, Hi-tech services
Source: Data compiled from Forbes China
*Methodology: Similar to Forbes’ Midas list, the firms were ranked based on their investment return and contribution to companies invested in over the past five years.