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Zhang Xin (, born 1965) is a Chinese business magnate. She is co-founder and CEO of SOHO China, the largest commercial real estate developer in Beijing. As of 2014, she is listed as the 62nd most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes''. As one of China's most celebrated female entrepreneurs, Zhang Xin has an online following of over 8 million fans on Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of twitter. Zhang Xin and her husband Pan Shiyi founded the SOHO China Foundation in 2005 as a philanthropic organization to engage in education focused initiatives to alleviate poverty. In July 2014, the SOHO China Foundation announced the SOHO China Scholarships a US $100 million initiative to endow financial aid scholarships at leading international universities. The SOHO China Foundation signed a US $15 million gift agreement with Harvard University in July 2014, and a US $10 million gift agreement with Yale University in October 2014. == Early life and education == In the 1950s, Zhang Xin's parents, third generation Burmese Chinese, left Burma and immigrated to China, leaving behind their confectionery business. There, they worked as translators at the Bureau of Foreign Languages. They separated during the Cultural Revolution. Born in Beijing in 1965, Zhang Xin moved to Hong Kong at the age of 14 with her mother and lived in a room just big enough for two bunk beds. To save for an education abroad, she worked for five years in small factories that made garment and electronic products. As she has described, the 'conditions there were similar to those in mainland China today'. By 19, she had saved enough for airfare to London and supporting herself for English study at secretarial school. Later, she studied Economics at the University of Sussex. In 1992, she graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Zhang Xin, China's self-made billionairess )〕 In 2013, Zhang Xin received honorary Doctor of Laws from her Alma Mater, University of Sussex. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhang Xin (businesswoman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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