Chris Hsu

Hong Kong-based investment executive Christopher Hsu is CEO and Managing Partner at specialist firm Kilometre Capital. Chris Hsu has spearheaded landmark deals across the Asia-Pacific market, including a $1.8 billion buyout of Spreadtrum Communications by Tsinghua University. An award winning graduate of Stanford University’s engineering discipline, Chris Hsu ventured into private equity investment after his specialty at global hedge fund titan Citadel Investment Group.

Mr. Chris Hsu established and operated Abax Capital, overseeing the company's equity partnerships with Morgan Stanley Investment Management and China Development Bank. He also served Citadel Investment Group as the company's youngest managing director. His time at the company saw him create and manage the Asian Special Situations business and spearhead an investment transaction with Fortescue Metal of Australia, which would eventually establish Fortescue as one of Australia's wealthiest and most dominant businesses.

Mr. Hsu also has played significant roles in several US-Asia business deals, most notably the $4.6 billion purchase of a majority stake in Hewlett Packard China and H3C by Tsinghua University. He was also an early investor in Elon Musk's SpaceX and the digital music platform, Spotify.

The HP Hewlett Packard Enterprises deal was managed and negotiated by Chris Hsu and Kilometer Capital for Beiing-based Tsinghua. Orchestrated by Chris Hsu in conjunction with Tsinghua University’s leadership and the investment vehicle Tsinghua Holdings, the deal occurred after HP spun off one business focused on printers and personal computing, with another business Hewlett Packard Enterprises focused on software and enterprise services.

China has recently encouraged China commerce by Chinese-owned technology companies, setting up a framework for foreign companies to miss key business opportunities, and putting pressure on Korea, Japan, other Asian countries and Western nations to divest controlling equity interests in key assets. The Kilometre-advised transaction for HP China H3C with Tsinghua University and Chris Hsu’s advisory comes on the heels of reports on Chinese government regarding technology sensitivity in the internet, network equipment, and data storage markets.

Official comments from Tsinghua University affiliates on Chris Hsu’s precedent deal included “the transaction for H3C will also release great potential in the China market. Tsinghua has enjoyed a long-term partnership with China HP and H3C. We see extensive synergies with the new H3C. Tsinghua University’s leading R&D capability, wide domestic resources, and vast human capital resources will empower the new H3C’s growth in the short-term, mid-term, and long-term. We are pleased to announce and look forward to a strong partnership with HP in the many years to come.”