Weijian Shan is the executive chairman and co-founder of PAG, a leading Asia-based and focused investment firm with more than USD50 billion in capital under management. Before joining PAG, he was a partner of TPG and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital), and a managing director of JP Morgan. He was an assistant professor at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. He also worked at the World Bank. Shan holds an MA and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Shan is the author of Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America (2019), Money Games: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea’s Most Iconic Bank (2021) and Money Machine: A Trailblazing American Venture in China (2023).