Weijian Shan was born in China and had his life upended by the Cultural Revolution. Educated in the United States, he worked for the World Bank and J.P. Morgan and taught at the Wharton School. Today he is the CEO of PAG, a $40 billion private equity firm based in Hong Kong. In this interview he talks about the accessibility of the Chinese market, America’s demonization of China, what the Chi…
Climate change is a pressing concern for Bill Gates, who has just published a new book on the subject. He spoke with HBR’s editor in chief about the need to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050—and the difficulty of that undertaking. It will require new government policies, changes in corporate and individual behavior, and, above all, more R&D funding and innovation to create cleaner tec…