James McGregor
JAMES L. MCGREGOR is a journalist-turned-businessman
who has lived in Beijing for 15 years. He is a founding
partner
of BlackInc China L.L.C.,
a boutique advisory firm which specializes in cross-border
investing, business development and mergers and
acquisitions
involving Chinese and American Internet technology and
online
media companies. He also serves as Senior China Advisor for
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, China Advisor for
SpencerStuart, and is a Senior Director
of Stonebridge International LLC, an international
strategic
advisory firm headed by former U.S. National Security
Advisor
Sandy Berger.
From 2000 until 2003, McGregor was a partner and the China
managing director for GIV Venture Partners, a $140 million
venture capital fund specializing in technology investments
in China and India. McGregor was a pioneer of the Chinese
Internet, serving as an advisor to many Chinese Internet
startups
and as a board member of Sohu.com during the company’s
NASDAQ listing. From 1994 to 2000, McGregor was chief
executive
of Dow Jones & Co. in China, and a vice-president in
the
Dow Jones International Group. In that role for Dow Jones,
starting with himself and one assistant, McGregor built a
portfolio of media businesses in China that employed some
150 Chinese professionals with offices in Beijing,
Shanghai,
Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
McGregor’s China career began in 1985 when he backpacked
through China to explore the country and decide if he
wanted
to learn Mandarin and focus on being a journalist in China.
At the time, McGregor was a reporter on Capitol Hill in
Washington
D.C. for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. His interest in Asia
began
at age 18 when he served as an infantry soldier in Vietnam.
McGregor’s 1985 trip to China convinced him that China
would be the most interesting place in the world during his
lifetime. So in 1987, he and his wife Cathy, both age 33,
sold their belongings and moved to Taipei, Taiwan, with two
suitcases each and began studying Mandarin. McGregor
established
a freelance news service, and within six months was hired
at The Asia Wall Street Journal Taiwan bureau chief. In
1990,
McGregor moved to Beijing as The Wall Street Journal China
bureau chief.
In 1996, McGregor was Chairman of the American Chamber of
Commerce in China. He also served for a decade as a
Governor
of that organization. McGregor is a member of the National
Committee on US-China Relations; a member of the
International
Council of the Asia Society; and he serves on a variety of
China-related advisory boards. McGregor speaks and reads
Chinese.
He is a graduate of the journalism school at the University
of Minnesota.
He is a frequent speaker on China and a commentator for
American
television. He has been regularly interviewed by the major
network
nightly newscasts, as well as by CNBC, CNN, PBS, NPR and
BBC. He also
has appeared on many public affairs shows, ranging from
Nightline to
Firing Line to McNeil-Lehrer.
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Series
Books:No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers, October 2012
Paperback / e-Book
One Billion Customers, October 2005
Wall Street Journal Book
Hardcover
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