Xuedong Ding

• Chairman, China Investment Corp, China
• Age: 54
• Residence: Beijing, China
• Country of Citizenship: China

Profile

Ding was appointed to lead one the world's largest sovereign wealth funds ($575.2 billion in assets) this July. Like his predecessor, Lou Jiwei, the new Minister of Finance, Ding is under pressure to generate high returns on CIC's international portfolio, which includes shares in Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley and Blackstone Groups, energy giant AES, and Heathrow Airport.