Peter Fuhrman Email & Phone Number

Shenzhen, Guangdong, Cn

Chairman, Founder & CEO at China First Capital, (中国首创),a Greater China-focused specialist international investment banking and principal investment firm, with over a decade of China experience investing and operating in "deep tech", with special expertise in the semiconductors, sensors and advanced optics for smartphone (iOS & Android), advanced manufacturing (robotics, precision automation and nano-positioning), photonics, breakthrough energy technologies, premium consumer brands, tertiary education.Our purpose: to discern where China, its markets and investment are heading -- and capitalize, together with our partners.Founding China First Capital fulfills a deeply-held ambition nurtured for over 30 years. I was among the first intake of American graduate students in China at the dawn of the Reform Era. Before returning to China to establish China First Capital, I lived and worked in senior operating and investment positions the US, Europe and Asia.Me and my firm appear rather often in leading media, including The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, China Daily, 财经杂志. I'm also a frequent speaker at global conferences on PE, VC, high-tech, US-China relations and M&A.I've lectured on China's economy and investing, most recently to Harvard Business School global alumni organization, the University of Michigan Ross Business School, University of Chicago Booth Business School, Tsinghua University.We invest and operate alongside industry-leaders to build-out sustainable, high-margin businesses in China.Selected press articles and interviews: www.chinafirstcapital.com/PressReports.pdf中文媒体报道：http://www.chinafirstcapital.com/PressArticles.pdf

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Achieved successful trade sale exit. Co-founder and CEO of Awareness Technologies, an edge device+cloud security software solution company based in Los Angeles, named in 2008 as one of Deloitte's "Fast 500", the fastest-growing technology and life sciences companies in North America. Operational experience managing fast-growing innovative technology company leading to eventual acquisition. The company develops and sells a leading desktop- and SaaS-based security, laptop protection and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) software suite, along with consumer security software.

Chairman, CEO and CFO of entertainment finance company based in Los Angeles. It was the first single-purpose film finance entity to gain Securities and Exchange Commission approval for an IPO listing on the US stock market. The company was formed expressly to bring liquidity, transparency and GAAP standards, for the first time, to the financing of Hollywood feature films. Led the company as a fully-SEC reporting company.

CEO of venture capital corporation based in Los Angeles, with offices in Italy, Israel and Orange County. As CEO, managed a VC portfolio of 16 entrepreneurial companies based in the US, UK and Israel operating in enterprise software, internet services, computer storage hardware, satellite communications, healthcare equipment and biotech. Served on portfolio company boards, and achieved exits on VC investments, including trade sale of portfolio company to Fortune 500 company.

Principal and board member of GVox Inc, taking it from drawing board to a market-leading software application, built around pioneering digital signal processing patents developed at the University of Pennsylvania. GVox grew into one of the top interactive music software companies, with a widely-used suite of composition and music education software programs sold online and in major consumer retail stores nationwide. Negotiated technology partnerships and business development deals with Intel, Compaq and AOL.

Jersey City, Nj, Us

Where my interest in and admiration for great entrepreneurs was formed. After spell in US, became senior-most executive and journalist in charge of Forbes' editorial activities in Europe during high-growth period when Forbes Magazine became Number 1 in advertising pages in US and a global force in business publishing. My role was to plan, supervise and execute Forbes Magazine's reporting of European economy, business, corporations and entrepreneurs.

M.Phil, International Relations

B.A. Asian Studies, Chinese History. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa