PAN, Shiyi
Chairman, SOHO China Ltd.
潘石屹
SOHO中国有限公司董事长
Pan Shiyi is a maverick and vanguard of China’s property development. Born in Gansu, China in 1963, Pan went to college at the Beijing Petroleum Institute in 1982 and worked in the Ministry of Petroleum after graduation. From 1987 he began working in the property development realm in Shenzhen and Hainan. In 1992, Mr. Pan co-established Beijing Vantone Co., Ltd. Pan co-founded SOHO China with his wife, Zhang Xin, in 1995. So far, it has developed and is developing several large-scale, avant-garde projects in the CBD of Beijing, and its total development in the CBD is 20% of the whole development in the CBD. Pan's success owes to his inexhaustible creativity and originality. All his projects have become remarkable urban landmarks and led the trends of architecture in China. At the same time, Pan has proven himself a gifted entrepreneur with the great success of all his real estate developments. SOHO China has continuously been one of the top 3 tax payers in China's real estate industry. Since 1999, SOHO China’s projects have repeatedly topped No.1 sales in Beijing and even across China.
潘石屹，1963年11月14日出生在甘肃天水，在“黄土高坡”农村度过了小学、中学。大学毕业后分到国家石油部工作，一九八七年辞职下海到深圳
、海南，后到北京，专业从事房地产开发。潘石屹以其独特的商业哲学和经营理念在项目开发和创新建筑领域屡创奇迹，他开发建设的SOHO现代城、建外SOHO、长城脚下的公社、博鳌凯宾斯基饭店等项目都成为中国当代建筑的里程碑并取得了巨大的商业成功。潘石屹目前在北京正在开发的项目有朝外SOHO、SOHO尚都、光华路SOHO和三里屯SOHO等。SOHO中国是北京最大的开发商之一。SOHO中国在北京CBD的项目开发量占CBD总开发量的五分之一；销售额占北京CBD的39％；自1999年以来，连续多年蝉联北京销售冠军，并连续三年成为中国房地产企业纳税前3名。潘石屹不仅在项目开发上为城市留下了建筑，还给社会留下很多独到的观念和主张，潘石屹坚持行业和国家的进步只能市场化；主张尊重自然的发展观；强调小就是美好；喜欢娱乐化生存等等。是当今最活跃最吸引眼球的商界人士。
