William Bao Bean

Current

• Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings

Past

• Vice President at Deutsche Bank Securities
• Vice President at Banc of America Securities
• Associate at Bear Stearns

• Associate at National/Sinopac Securities
• Research at US Commerce Department Taiwan - US-AID/US-AEP

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Education

• Bowdoin College
• Blair Academy

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Connections

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Company

William Bao Bean’s Summary

In March 2007, William joined with former colleagues who started Softbank China & India Holdings an early stage venture capital firm that is backed by Softbank of Japan and Cisco and focused on the technology, media and telecom sectors.

Over the last 11 years in equity research William covered a number of industry sectors including PC and enterprise computing, storage, display, peripherals, handhelds/handsets, communications semiconductors, foundries, wireline telecom equipment, wireless equipment, data networking and consumer/media software.

William began his investment career 11 years ago as a technology analyst in Taiwan. Most recently at Deutsche Bank, he was responsible for regional Internet and Telecom Equipment as well as China Technology: telecom equipment (ZTE, UTStarcom, Huawei, ZyXEL, Gemtek, D-Link), Internet (Sina, Sohu, Netease, Shanda, The9, Linktone, Hurray, eLong, Ctrip, Kongzhong, Tom Online and Tencent), Media (Focus Media), PC (Lenovo), Display (TCL), Handset and Software industries. Prior to this, he covered Telecom Equipment and Digital Media companies with Banc of America Securities in San Francisco. William also worked as an associate analyst with the team covering PCs, Enterprise Hardware, Handhelds, Storage and Semiconductors at Bear Stearns in New York.

In 2006 he was ranked #3 All-Asia analyst for Technology/Software and IT Services by Instutional Investor Magazine Asia. In 2005, he was ranked #1 stock picker in Technology, Media and Telecom, and #3 overall for Hong Kong/China by Forbes/SCMP/Starmine as well as was a ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine Asia. William is a regular presenter at industry conferences and has authored widely acclaimed white papers including: The Digital Home Handbook - Intelligence At The Edge and China Internet WVAS - The Second Coming. He currently sits on the boards of advisors for Iotum, TalkDaTalk and ad:tech Beijing. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.

William Bao Bean’s Specialties:

My focus is the opportunities created by convergence of technology, media, and telecom segments across borders.

William Bao Bean’s Experience

• Partner

  Softbank China & India Holdings

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Focused on early stage investments in technology, media, and telecom companies in Asia excluding Japan and Korea.

• Vice President

  Deutsche Bank Securities

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DBK; Investment Banking industry)

  June 2002 — March 2007 (4 years 10 months)

  Research analyst focusing on downstream technology sectors in Asia

• Vice President

  Banc of America Securities

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Investment Banking industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

• Associate

  Bear Stearns

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BSC; Investment Banking industry)

  September 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Associate

  National/Sinopac Securities

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Investment Banking industry)

  April 1996 — May 1997 (1 year 2 months)

  Technology analyst

• Research

  US Commerce Department Taiwan - US-AID/US-AEP

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; International Trade and Development industry)

  July 1995 — April 1996 (10 months)

William Bao Bean’s Education

• Bowdoin College

  BA, 1991 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Asian Studies, International Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon

• Blair Academy

  High School, 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

William Bao Bean’s Websites:

• My Company

William Bao Bean’s Groups:

Delta Kappa Epsilon

•    Beijing Linux User Group

William Bao Bean’s Contact Settings

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