Founder’s Group
Founder Group was established in 1986 by Peking University, with 70% of its total shares held by Peking University and 30% by the Group's management.
As the decision-maker and founder of Founder Group, Academician Wang Xuan invented the Chinese-character Laser Phototypesetting Technology which laid a solid foundation for the future development of the Group. Today, Founder Group has successfully transformed into a diversified investment holding group, with its business covering the fields of IT, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, real estate, finance, bulk-commodity trading, etc.
As a market-oriented enterprise that has successfully integrated production, teaching and research, Founder Group is one of the best models in interpreting the concept of “innovation” advocated by the Chinese government. Relying on Peking University, the Group has possessed and created core technologies crucial for the development of China's IT and healthcare & pharmaceutical industries. As one of the state's first 6 pilot enterprises dedicated to technical innovation, Founder Group has won the honorary title of “the state's demonstration enterprise dedicated to technical innovation” many times.
Founder Group has established good cooperative relations with many domestic well-known enterprises and governments. Thanks to its open and standardized capital platform, the Group has attracted international investment from Intel, Omron, Credit Suisse, Bank of East Asia, and Taiwan's Fubon Financial Holding.
With five industry groups and more than 35,000 employees distributed in major Chinese cities, Founder Group has performed outstandingly in expanding the overseas markets. In addition, the Group has owned 6 public companies listed in the stock exchanges of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
As an enterprise invested and founded by Peking University, Founder Group has, since its inception, been adhering to the university's spirit – “Be a man of honesty and integrity and do things in a down-to-earth manner”, and conscientiously performing its social corporate responsibilities. While lending support to the improvement of China's soft power, the Group has developed a sense of “responsibility for innovation” in the areas of serving the country through industry, educational regurgitation-feeding, and repaying the society. At the same time, the Group has long focused on the four major areas, namely, national culture, national health, national education, and science and technology.
