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United States Jack Perkowski is a celebrated author and business founder, known for his decades of experience in investment banking and his pioneering work in China's automotive industry.
Jack Perkowski was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of ASIMCO Technologies, an automotive components company based in Beijing, China, which he built to $500 million in annual sales. It was later acquired by Bain Capital in 2010.
Upon leaving ASIMCO, Mr Perkowski founded JFP Holdings, a merchant banking firm focused on China, where he now serves as Chairman.
Perkowski spent 21 years as an investment banker at Paine Webber where he raised $300 million of equity for Paine Webber in the immediate aftermath of the stock market crash of October 19, 1987.
ASIMCO was twice named one of the 'Ten Best Employers in China,' ranking third, in the last survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and 21st Century Business Herald.
Periodically, Perkowski contributes to the Morning Whistle newspaper owned by 21st Century Media.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jack Perkowski attended North Catholic High School. He then pursued higher education at Yale University, graduating in 1970 with a football scholarship and receiving the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize for the outstanding member of the Junior Class. Following his time at Yale, he earned an MBA with high distinction and was designated a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School in 1973. Perkowski began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker at Paine Webber, where he spent 21 years. During his tenure, he notably raised $300 million of equity for Paine Webber in the aftermath of the 1987 stock market crash.
In 1992, Jack Perkowski relocated to China to establish an automotive components business. After extensive research, which included visiting over 100 factories across 40 cities, he founded ASIMCO Technologies in 1994 with $150 million in US investor capital. The company grew into a significant enterprise, renowned for its focus on local management development and its integration into the global economy. ASIMCO Technologies was twice recognized as one of the ‘Ten Best Employers in China’ by Hewitt Associates and 21st Century Business Herald. In 2008, China Auto News named him one of ’30 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in China’s Auto Components Industry Over the Country’s 30 Years of Economic Reform,’ a distinction held solely by him as a foreigner.
Following his retirement from ASIMCO Technologies in January 2009—which was later acquired by Bain Capital in September 2010—Perkowski established JFP Holdings, a Beijing-based merchant banking firm. Through JFP Holdings, he continues to advise international companies on their China strategies and supports Chinese companies in expanding their global presence. His insights into managing businesses in China are chronicled in his 2008 book, _Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China_. He also contributes regularly to the Morning Whistle newspaper.
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