Fred Hu Bio

Prior to founding Primavera Capital Group, Fred was Chairman of Greater China and a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where he was instrumental in building the firm's franchise in the region. He led some of the largest and most significant transactions in the firm's history, and served on the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee, the Global IBS Leadership Group, the Pine Street-Goldman Sachs University Board, and the firmwide Culture, Diversity and Leadership Committee. Fred is a respected economist whose main areas of research interest include macroeconomics, international finance and capital markets. He served at the International Monetary Fund, and he has advised the Chinese government on financial reform, SOE restructuring, and macroeconomic policies. Fred also sits on the Hong Kong Government's Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Fred is currently the Non-executive Chairman of the Board of Yum China Holdings and is a board member of ICBC, UBS Group AG, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, China Asset Management, Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., China Medical Board, Chinese International School, Nature Conservancy Asia Pacific Council, China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, and the Global Advisory of the Council on Foreign Relations. Fred holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University, and a Master and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.