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MercurysBall2 ago

Wang Jianlin appointed as Vice Chair of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council - http://www.wanda.cn/new_en/2015/latest_0609/207.html

Wang Jianlin, Chairman of Wanda Group shakes hands with Harvard University President Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust

Wang Jianlin, Chairman of Wanda Group, was invited to serve as the Vice Chair of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council by Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust, the President of Harvard University.

The Global Advisory Council is Harvard’s most authoritative advisory body, designed to offer advice and suggestions on the university’s global strategy. The council is comprised of leading individuals from various sectors and chaired by Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein.

Wanda has also been active in top business and political circles. Wang Jianlin met with US President Barack Obama at the SelectUSA Investment Summit back in March and has also met with numerous heads of state such as UK Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot among others. Furthermore, Mr. Wang has delivered keynote speeches at various world-renowned universities such as Harvard in the past. Harvard Business School has incorporated Wanda’s high-profile acquisitions of AMC Cinemas and Infront Sports & Media into its case studies.

That's very interesting because Junkermann's UK government connections can be traced back to Cameron's government.

MercurysBall2 ago

The Global Advisory Council is Harvard’s most authoritative advisory body, designed to offer advice and suggestions on the university’s global strategy. The council is comprised of leading individuals from various sectors and chaired by Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rubenstein

David Mark Rubenstein (born August 11, 1949) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. A former financial analyst and lawyer, he is a co-founder and co-executive chairman of American private equity firm The Carlyle Group,[3][4] a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C. He is chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution, chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and president of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. According to Forbes, Rubenstein has a net worth of $3.2 billion.

Rubenstein has donated $20 million to Johns Hopkins Medicine, and serves on its board.

MercurysBall2 ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gilpin_Faust

Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947)[1] is an American historian and was the 28th President of Harvard University, the first woman to serve in that role..

Drew Gilpin was born in New York City[6] and raised in Clarke County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley.[1] She is the daughter of Catharine Ginna (née Mellick) and McGhee Tyson Gilpin. Her father was a Princeton graduate and breeder of thoroughbred horses.[1][7] Her paternal great-grandfather, Lawrence Tyson, was a U.S. senator from Tennessee during the 1920s.[8] Faust also has New England ancestry and is a descendant of the Puritan divine Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the third president of Princeton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Tyson

Lawrence Davis Tyson (July 4, 1861 – August 24, 1929) was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th Infantry Division during World War I, and served as a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1925 until his death. Tyson helped organize the Knoxville Cotton Mills in the early 20th century and served as president of the second Appalachian Exposition in 1911.