The Gates Foundation’s Evolving China-Africa Strategy – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation, China

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]

What I Learned from Warren Buffett About Friendship

This is the second year I’ve taken students to Omaha to meet Warren Buffet. And again it was his comments about life and people (not business) that made the biggest impression on me. He talked quite a bit about how you to become a better person, which I wrote about here. And he spoke about […]

Why the Poor Need Financial Services – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation China (Video)

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]

Investing with Both Social Impact and Business Sense – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation, China (Video)

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]

How the Gates Foundation Vaccinated 580M People – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation, China (Video)

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]

Can Chinese Accounting Firms Win Internationally? – Paul Gillis, the Guru of Chinese Accounting (Video)

Paul Gillis is the “go to” guru for accounting in China. He is professor of accounting at Peking University Guanghua School of Managment, past head of China/Asia for PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a PhD in accounting. He also publishes on www.chinaaccountingblog.com – which you should definitely check out. I sat down with Paul and got his […]

3 Tips from Warren Buffett on Becoming a Better Person (Video)

I flew from the cold winter of Omaha to the fantastic, sweltering heat of Rio de Janeiro. It’s my favorite place even if I do get sunburned almost immediately. It’s also a great place to think about what I learned from a recent lunch / Q&A with Warren Buffett.   Video is here. (Youtube only. […]

The Big 4 Accounting Firms of China Are Not Who You Think – Paul Gillis, the Guru of Chinese Accounting (Video)

Paul Gillis is the “go to” guru for accounting in China. He is professor of accounting at Peking University Guanghua School of Managment, past head of China/Asia for PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a PhD in accounting. He also publishes on www.chinaaccountingblog.com – which you should definitely check out. I sat down with Paul and got his […]

Financial Innovation Can Make Markets Work for the Poor – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation, China (Video)

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]