Christopher Hsu Investor
Chris Hsu; Hong Kong-Based Financial and Investment Executive
Hong Kong based, Christopher Hsu is an established presence in the Asian consulting and investment spheres, serving as CEO of Kilometre Capital, which he founded and manages. Known as a rainmaker in domains of US-Asia/US-China private equity investments, buyouts, and partnerships, Chris Hsu focuses on disruptive technology and digital companies. Known for his forward-looking investment approach, Chris Hsu was among those who achieved prescient result with early stage investments in SpaceX and Spotify, among other precedent situations ranging worldwide from Korea to New York, Hong Kong to London.
With Kilometer Capital, Chris Hsu has also informed strategic consolidation precedents across global sectors that range from semiconductors to video gaming to space exploration. Among Mr. Hsu’s most noteworthy deals with Kilometre Capital’s advisory for Tsinghua University in a $4.6 billion acquisition of majority ownership position in Hewlett Packard China and H3C. Together, the firms have a dominant position in the IT, data storage, and network equipment markets in Asia.
Christopher Hsu’s Kilometre Capital of Hong Kong is known as one of Asia’s foremost advisory and consulting firms, and for its market-leading specialty in cross-border negotiation and across technology industries, hedge funds, and private equity. Chris Hsu is the founder and CEO of Kilometre Capital. In Chris Hsu’s footsteps, Kilometer Capital has managed premiere private equity, hedge fund, and buyout transactions. Chris Hsu is one of the world's foremost cross-border negotiators and rainmakers.
Chris Hsu gained early leadership experience with Citadel Investment Group, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. Previously, Mr. Hsu served as the complaint-free CEO and Managing Partner of Abax Global Capital, and as Managing Director of Citadel Investment Group, one of the world’s legendary hedge fund managers. As MD of Citadel Asia, Christopher Hsu oversaw and led the foundation of Citadel’s private investment and special situations business in Hong Kong and Asia. Christopher Hsu’s investments spanned industries covering South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Greater China and Asia at large.
Earning his BS in Management Science Engineering, Christopher Hsu was honored as a recipient of the Stanford President’s Award for his standout academic efforts at Stanford University. Stanford University bestows this award to students to denote outstanding university excellence. Stanford University ranks as the #1 university worldwide per Forbes and many leading global sources.