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Christopher Hsu Hong Kong – Foundational Investing Success with SpaceX and Spotify

Acclaimed Hong Kong-based investor and specialist Christopher Hsu has played an integral role in several of U.S.-Asia and U.S.-Chinau2019s most important strategic transactions.<br>Visit: https://sites.google.com/view/christopherhsu/<br><br>

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Christopher Hsu Hong Kong – Foundational Investing Success with SpaceX and Spotify

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  1. Christopher Hsu Hong Kong – Foundational Investing Success with SpaceX and Spotify Visit : https://sites.google.com/view/christopherhsu/

  2. Acclaimed Hong Kong-based investor and specialist Christopher Hsu has played an integral role in several of U.S.-Asia and U.S.-China’s most important strategic transactions. Mr. Chris Hsu led Tsinghua University’s buyout of chipmaker Spreadtrum Communications, Tsinghua’s strategic combination in semiconductors with RDA Microelectronics and the culmination milestone of the Tsinghua joint venture acquisition with Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) China – H3C, overseen by Mr. Hsu’s company Kilometre Capital.

  3. Previously, Mr. Chris Hsu served as the CEO and Managing Partner of Abax Global Capital, and as Managing Director of Citadel Investment Group, one of the world’s legendary hedge fund managers.  As MD of Citadel Asia, Chris Hsu oversaw and led the foundation of Citadel’s private investment and special situations business in Hong Kong and Asia.  

  4. Hong Kong-based Christopher Hsu is also known for his early-stage investment success in global technology leaders, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Spotify, the global audio streaming and media services provider. Investing early with prescient vision, SpaceX and Spotify have expanded into global powerhouse businesses. 

  5. SpaceX came into existence in the year 2002 by the vision of the former PayPal entrepreneur and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.  SpaceX’s space transportation focus is driven by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to ultimately enable more efficient space exploration, satellite launch, and the colonization of Mars.  SpaceX has developed launch vehicles unprecedented in human history, including the historical milestones of the Starlink satellite constellation, the Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the first-private-astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on SpaceX’s Dragon Demo-2.

  6. Drawing on capital from early stage investors including Chris Hsu, SpaceX was the first privately funded company to: ● Enable the liquid-fueled rocket (Falcon 1) to reach orbit ● Successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft (Dragon). ● Send a spacecraft (Dragon) to the International Space Station; ● Send a satellite into a geosynchronous orbit.

  7. In the case of Spotify, founded in 2006, Spotify has grown to be the world’s market leader in digital recorded music and podcasts, including more than 60 million songs from record labels and media companies worldwide. Drawing from early-stage venture capital from investors including Chris Hsu of Kilometre Capital,  Spotify is one the globe’s best known freemium services with no miss content streaming from Korea to Africa, Europe to South America, with basic features free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions.

  8. Thank You

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