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'''Jack Perkowski''' is a [[Wall Street]] veteran, author, and the founder and Managing Partner of [[JFP Holdings, Ltd.]] <ref>[http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerId=4534 Washington Speakers Bureau]</ref> He is also the former [[chief executive officer|CEO]] and [[Chairman|Chairman of the Board]] of [[ASIMCO Technologies]], an automotive components company in China.<ref>[http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2009/01/17/perkowski-leaves-asimco.html China Briefing]</ref> Despite not being able to [[Chinese as a second language|speak Chinese]], he is known as "Mr. China" after the [[Tim Clissold]] book which detailed his leading role in investing over $400 million in China as the country first [[Economic reform in the People's Republic of China|opened up]] to [[foreign direct investment]].<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06326/740330-28.stm Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]</ref>
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| name = Jack Perkowski
| birth_place = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
| alma_mater = [[North Catholic High School]]<br>[[Yale University]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]]
| occupation = author <br> businessman
| notable_works = Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China <small>(Crown Business; 2008)</small>
| title = JFP Holdings, Ltd. <small>(managing partner)</small><br>[[ASIMCO Technologies]] <small>(former CEO & Chairman of the Board)</small>
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'''Jack Perkowski''' is a [[Wall Street]] veteran, author, and the founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd.<ref>[http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerId=4534 Washington Speakers Bureau]</ref> He is also the former [[chief executive officer|CEO]] and [[Chairman|Chairman of the Board]] of [[ASIMCO Technologies]], an automotive components company in China.<ref>[http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2009/01/17/perkowski-leaves-asimco.html Perkowski leaves Asimco] 2009/01/17</ref>
==Biography==
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Originally from [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], Jack Perkowski is a graduate of [[North Catholic High School]]. He attended [[Yale University]] on a [[American football|football]] scholarship and received the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize, which is awarded each year to the outstanding member of the Junior Class. <ref>[http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/About_the_Founder_Personal_History.html JFP Holdings Website]</ref> After graduating from Yale in 1970, he attended [[Harvard Business School]], where he received an MBA degree with high distinction and was designated a Baker Scholar. He spent 21 years as an [[investment banker]] at [[Paine Webber]], where he raised $300 million of equity for Paine Webber in the immediate aftermath of the stock market crash of October 19, 1987 known as "[[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday"]]. <ref>[http://premierespeakers.com/jack_perkowski/bio Premiere Speakers Bureau]</ref>


==Early life and education ==
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In 1994, Jack Perkowski founded ASIMCO (Chinese: 亚新科集团 ''Yaxinke''), an automotive components company based in [[Beijing]], [[China]]. Under Perkowski's leadership, ASIMCO was twice named one of the “Ten Best Employers in China,” ranking third, in the last survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and ''21st Century Business Herald''. In 2008, he was named one of "30 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in China's Auto Components Industry Over the Country's 30 Years of Economic Reform," by ''China Auto News'', the only foreigner to receive such distinction. <ref>[http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/About_the_Founder_Personal_History.html JFP Holdings Website]</ref>
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Originally from [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], Perkowski is a graduate of [[North Catholic High School]]. He attended [[Yale University]] on a [[American football|football]] scholarship and received the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize, which is awarded each year to the outstanding member of the Junior Class.<ref name="JFP Holdings Website">{{Cite web |url=http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/About_the_Founder_Personal_History.html |title=JFP Holdings Website |access-date=2010-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110012640/http://www.jfpholdings.com/our_company/About_the_Founder_Personal_History.html |archive-date=2010-01-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After graduating from Yale in 1970, he attended [[Harvard Business School]], where he received an [[MBA]] degree with high distinction and was designated a Baker Scholar.


== Career ==
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In 2009, Jack Perkowski established JFP Holdings, a merchant bank for China, to help global companies develop and implement their China strategies and to assist Chinese companies develop global footprints. <ref>[http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/index.html JFP Holdings Website]</ref>
Perkowski spent 21 years as an [[investment banker]] at [[Paine Webber]], where he raised $300 million of [[equity (finance)|equity]] for Paine Webber in the immediate aftermath of the stock market crash of October 19, 1987 known as [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]].<ref name="Premiere Speakers Bureau">[http://premierespeakers.com/jack_perkowski/bio Premiere Speakers Bureau]</ref>


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In 1994 Perkowski founded ASIMCO ({{zh|links=no|c=亚新科 |p=Yaxinke}}), an automotive components company based in [[Beijing]], [[China]]. Under Perkowski's leadership, ASIMCO was twice named one of the “Ten Best Employers in China,”ranking third, in the last survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and ''21st Century Business Herald''.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} In 2008, he was named one of "30 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in China's Auto Components Industry Over the Country's 30 Years of Economic Reform," by ''China Auto News'', the only foreigner to receive such distinction.<ref name="JFP Holdings Website"/>
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Jack Perkowski was featured in the best-selling book [[The World Is Flat|''The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century'']] by journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author [[Thomas Friedman]].<ref>[http://premierespeakers.com/jack_perkowski/bio Premiere Speakers Bureau]</ref> In 2008, he authored ''Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China,'' published by Crown Business.


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In 2009 Perkowski established JFP Holdings, a [[merchant bank]] for China, to help global companies develop and implement their China strategies and to assist Chinese companies develop global footprints.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/index.html |title=JFP Holdings Website |access-date=2010-07-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713112006/http://jfpholdings.com/our_company/index.html |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Peridocally, Perkowski contributes to the Morning Whistle newspaper owned by 21st Century Media.<ref name="MW 9 April">{{cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.morningwhistle.com/index.php?m=author&c=index&a=home&author=Jack Perkowski|publisher=The Morning Whistle|accessdate=9 April 2013|language=English}}</ref>


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Perkowski was mentioned in [[The World Is Flat|''The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century'']] by journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author [[Thomas Friedman]].<ref name="Premiere Speakers Bureau"/> In 2008, he authored ''Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China,'' published by Crown Business.
==Bibliography==

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Periodically, Perkowski contributes to the Morning Whistle newspaper owned by 21st Century Media.<ref name="MW 9 April">{{cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.morningwhistle.com/index.php?m=author&c=index&a=home& | author=Jack Perkowski|publisher=The Morning Whistle|accessdate=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629215409/http://www.morningwhistle.com/index.php?m=author&c=index&a=home&author=Jack|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== ''Mr. China'' ==
Perkowski's business conduct is the subject of [[Tim Clissold]] book ''Mr. China'' published 2009. The book detailes how the [[private equity]] fund Perkowski ran invested over US$400 million into China during the [[economic reform in the People's Republic of China]] within a [[foreign direct investment]] framework.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite book | author1=Tim Clissold |title=Mr. China |publisher= Little, Brown Book Group |year=2009 |isbn=9781849011938 }}</ref> The book chronicled the numerous ways the fund lost money.<ref name="Forbes">Gady A. Epstein, [https://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0505/074.html China flies the flag], ''Forbes'', April 25, 2008,</ref> In the end, the fund lost almost all of its money.<ref name="Fortune">Scott Cendrowski, [http://fortune.com/2016/12/03/secret-business-rules-china-foreigners/ Businesses Going Into China Need to Know These Rules First], Fortune, December 3, 2016</ref>

== Published books ==
*''Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China'' (Crown Business; 2008)
*''Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China'' (Crown Business; 2008)


==References==
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*[http://managingthedragon.com/ Managing the Dragon]
*[http://managingthedragon.com/ Managing the Dragon]
*[http://jfpholdings.com/ JFP Holdings website]
*[http://jfpholdings.com/ JFP Holdings website]


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Latest revision as of 10:02, 20 December 2023

Jack Perkowski
Born
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma materNorth Catholic High School
Yale University
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)author
businessman
Notable workManaging the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China (Crown Business; 2008)
TitleJFP Holdings, Ltd. (managing partner)
ASIMCO Technologies (former CEO & Chairman of the Board)

Jack Perkowski is a Wall Street veteran, author, and the founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd.[1] He is also the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of ASIMCO Technologies, an automotive components company in China.[2]

Early life and education

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Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Perkowski is a graduate of North Catholic High School. He attended Yale University on a football scholarship and received the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize, which is awarded each year to the outstanding member of the Junior Class.[3] After graduating from Yale in 1970, he attended Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA degree with high distinction and was designated a Baker Scholar.

Career

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Perkowski spent 21 years as an investment banker at Paine Webber, where he raised $300 million of equity for Paine Webber in the immediate aftermath of the stock market crash of October 19, 1987 known as Black Monday.[4]

In 1994 Perkowski founded ASIMCO (Chinese: 亚新科; pinyin: Yaxinke), an automotive components company based in Beijing, China. Under Perkowski's leadership, ASIMCO was twice named one of the “Ten Best Employers in China,”ranking third, in the last survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and 21st Century Business Herald.[citation needed] In 2008, he was named one of "30 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in China's Auto Components Industry Over the Country's 30 Years of Economic Reform," by China Auto News, the only foreigner to receive such distinction.[3]

In 2009 Perkowski established JFP Holdings, a merchant bank for China, to help global companies develop and implement their China strategies and to assist Chinese companies develop global footprints.[5]

Perkowski was mentioned in The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman.[4] In 2008, he authored Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China, published by Crown Business.

Periodically, Perkowski contributes to the Morning Whistle newspaper owned by 21st Century Media.[6]

Mr. China

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Perkowski's business conduct is the subject of Tim Clissold book Mr. China published 2009. The book detailes how the private equity fund Perkowski ran invested over US$400 million into China during the economic reform in the People's Republic of China within a foreign direct investment framework.[7] The book chronicled the numerous ways the fund lost money.[8] In the end, the fund lost almost all of its money.[9]

Published books

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  • Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China (Crown Business; 2008)

References

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  1. ^ Washington Speakers Bureau
  2. ^ Perkowski leaves Asimco 2009/01/17
  3. ^ a b "JFP Holdings Website". Archived from the original on 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  4. ^ a b Premiere Speakers Bureau
  5. ^ "JFP Holdings Website". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  6. ^ Jack Perkowski. "Bio". The Morning Whistle. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. ^ Tim Clissold (2009). Mr. China. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781849011938.
  8. ^ Gady A. Epstein, China flies the flag, Forbes, April 25, 2008,
  9. ^ Scott Cendrowski, Businesses Going Into China Need to Know These Rules First, Fortune, December 3, 2016
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