Shumin Gong joined HarbourVest in 2010 with a focus on evaluating, executing, and monitoring primary partnership investments in Asia Pacific in general and China in particular. She has also been instrumental in enhancing HarbourVest’s business in China, where she has helped foster long-lasting relationships with preeminent government entities, institutional investors, and private equity managers in China.
She joined HarbourVest from Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group in Hong Kong, where she focused on primary partnerships, co-investments, and secondary investments in the Asia Pacific region. Her prior experience also includes positions in the Investment Banking teams at J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong and Credit Suisse in New York.
Shumin received a BS (with distinction) in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University. She is fluent in Mandarin.