William Kaye: Founder, Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director of the Pacific Alliance Group of Companies – PACG was established in 1991 in Hong Kong. Mr. Kaye is the Managing Partner of the Greater Asian Hedge Fund, as well as its predecessor, the Asian Hedge Fund, LP (1992-98). Both funds have exhibited a consistent history of absolute and relative outperformance that has been recognized by independent rating organizations. Prior to founding PAG, Mr. Kaye was Manager of the Arbitrage Department (1984-1990) and a Member of the Board of Directors (1986-1990) of PaineWebber Incorporated in New York. Mr. Kaye joined Paine Webber (PW) in 1978, leaving the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co, and successfully built PW's Arbitrage Department into an industry leader.
About William S. Kaye (from pacgrp.com)
William S. Kaye: Founder,Vice Chairman & Sr. Managing Dir. of the Pacific Alliance Group
Mr. Kaye, PACG's Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director, is a founder and principal shareholder of the Pacific Alliance Group of companies, which was established in 1991 in Hong Kong. Mr. Kaye oversees all portfolio and direct equity management activities of the group's various investment efforts.
Mr. Kaye is the Managing Partner of the Greater Asian Hedge Fund, as well as its predecessor, the Asian Hedge Fund, LP (1992-98). Both funds have exhibited a consistent history of absolute and relative outperformance that has been recognized by independent rating organizations.
As Founder and Director of PAG subsidiary ASIMCO (1992-1998) Mr. Kaye pioneered the investment of approximately US $380 million in China, principally in the automotive components and brewery industries. Mr. Kaye orchestrated the profitable sale of PAG's stake to GE Pension Trust in 1998. Currently, he serves as the Chairman and major shareholder in Yaolan Ltd, whose Babycare Limited subsidiary is China's premier marketer of infant care and family nutritional products. In addition, Mr. Kaye is a founding director of Synergenz BioScience Limited, which is an early stage genomic testing company developing personalized risk assessment tests for pulmonary diseases.
Prior to founding PAG, Mr. Kaye was Manager of the Arbitrage Department (1984-1990) and a Member of the Board of Directors (1986-1990) of PaineWebber Incorporated in New York. Mr. Kaye joined Paine Webber (PW) in 1978, leaving the Mergers & Acquisitions Department Goldman, Sachs & Co, and successfully built PW's Arbitrage Department into an industry leader.
Mr. Kaye received a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) degree from Vanderbilt University in 1975 and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, where he was graduated as a Beta Gamma Sigma scholar in 1977.
