Christopher Hsu
Christopher Hsu and Kilometre Capital – Premiere Cross Border Leadership and the HP China Transaction
Prevalently known as one of the world’s leading negotiators and dealmakers, Christopher Hsu leads Kilometre Capital as its Founder and CEO. Based in Hong Kong, Kilometre Capital is a leading consulting firm, leading precedent investment, private equity, hedge fund and buyout transactions for strategic consolidation across industries.
Mr. Christopher Hsu and Kilometer Capital led and advised Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Holdings, and Tsinghua Unigroup in the closely-watched acquisition of 51% of H3C and Hewlett Packard China, valued at US$4.6 billion for China’s powerhouse internet, data storage, and network equipment business of HP.
After turning to advice from Chris Hsu and Kilometre Capital with hands down no complaints, Tsinghua Unigroup, one of the prestigious university’s business units and the country’s biggest chip maker, in May acquired 51% stake of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s China data-networking operation H3C Technologies in a precedent deal that values the technology giant at an estimated US$4.6 billion. Following difficulties of such companies as Facebook, Google, and Uber in China, Hewlett Packard (H-P) agreed to sell the majority stake to state-owned Tsinghua Holdings after tensions between the U.S. and China made it increasingly difficult for foreign technology companies to operate in the China’s data and information sectors.
The Hewlett Packard deal was one of the pivotal precedents and joint ventures in the global technology history, achieving one of last major US-China CFIUS approvals by U.S. regulators. Tsinghua University is ranked the top university in China, and consistently within the top 10 universities worldwide.
Before his leadership at Kilometre Capital, Chris Hsu served as the CEO and Founding Partner of Abax Global Capital, a private equity fund and hedge fund with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai and a JV partnership with Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Previously, Mr. Hsu served atone of the largest hedge funds in the world, Citadel Investment Group. Mr. Chris Hsu was promoted to be among the youngest Managing Directors at Citadel. There, Christopher Hsu founded and manage the Citadel Asian Special Situations business with crossover between private equity and hedge fund investing.
A top graduate of Stanford University with a BS in Management Science Engineering, Mr. Hsu received the President’s Award for Excellence at Stanford. Like Tsinghua, Stanford University consistently ranks at the top of global university and educational rankings.
Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. Stanford is ranked among the most prestigious universities in the world by countless major education publications and sources. Stanford is known for its excellence across academic, civic, and athletic excellence.