Jinqing Caroline Cai

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Jinqing Cai
Born
Hanyu Pinyin
Cài Jīnqīng

Jinqing Cai is the President of Kering Greater China. Before that, she was President of Christie's China. She held Christie's first auction in China where Christie's earned USD $25 million.[1] Before she was appointed as the senior vice president and managing director of Christie's China, she worked for the Brunswick Group, the New Alliance Consulting International, and the k1 Ventures.[2]

Early life and education

Born and raised in

Beijing University before she pursued overseas education. She studied Chemistry at Beijing University from 1986 to 1989, and transferred to Wellesley College on 1989. She received bachelor's degrees in Arts, Chemistry, and Economics. Then, she continued her education at Princeton University from 1991 to 1993 and received master's degrees in Public Affairs, Economics, and Public Policy.[2]

In February 1990, when Cai was 20 years old, she was profiled by The New York Times on her experience in pro-democracy protests in China.[3] She was then profiled by People magazine in April 1990.[4] In October 1992, she was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune on her experience in the protests as well as women's rights.[5]

Early career

In 1997, Cai moved to Hong Kong and worked at a venture capital firm investing in media, entertainment and online business.

Unocal buyout attempt and Geely's complete acquisition of Volvo.[6]

Time at Christie's

Cai began her position as the first Managing Director of the China branch of Christie's on June 1, 2012. She leads the branch from the Shanghai location, serving as a consultant on Chinese and global art markets and overseeing all events put on by Christie's China.

The Bund. In its first year since the opening auction, Christie's office in Shanghai has sold contemporary Chinese art, modern art, and fine wine and jewellery. During the series of sales celebrating the one year anniversary of its first auction, the most expensive artwork Christie's China sold was Zeng Fanzhi's Untitled 06-3, which earned RMB 19.5 million (USD $3.2 million).[11]
According to Cai, the three auctions reached RMB 132 million (USD $21 million) in total and sold about 150 pieces.[12]

In January 2015, Cai was named to Foreign Policy magazine's Pacific Power Index, a list of "50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship."[13]

In 2018, she was appointed President of Kering Greater China.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Christie's Inaugural Shanghai Auction Achieves RMB 154 Million/USD $25 Million". Christie's The Art People. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Christie's announces appointment of Jinqing Caroline Cai Managing Director, China". Art Daily. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Voice From Tiananmen Now Heard at Wellesley (Published 1990)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05.
  4. ^ "Cai Jinqing Escaped China's Brutal Crackdown—now She's Shooting from the Outside for Wellesley : People.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-02.
  5. ^ "Voice From China Speaks Out For Her Generation - Chicago Tribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  6. ^ a b c d Qiu, Jiahe (September 2013). "Bringing Global Integrative Platform to Shanghai", "Cover Story" "封面故事：把全球一体化平台带到上海". Fortune Art 财富堂. p. 40.
  7. ^ "Christie's appoints Jinqing Cai to top post in China". Auctioncentralnews.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  8. ^ "Christie's Appoints Jinqing Caroline Cai Managing Director, China". Christie's. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "Christie's Inaugural Shanghai Auction Achieves RMB 154 Million/USD $25 Million". Christie's. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  10. ^ "Christie's first Shanghai sale: an interview with Jinqing Caroline Cai, Managing Director of Christie's China". Art Media Agency. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  11. ^ Movius, Lisa. "Christie's appeals to Chinese sensibilities in first-year anniversary sales". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  12. ^ Maneker, Marion. "Christie's Shanghai Debuts with $21m Sale". Art Market Monitor. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  13. ^ "The Pacific Power Index". Foreign Policy. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  14. ^ "Kering appoints Jinqing Cai president of Greater China". FashionNetwork.com. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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