Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
长江商学院 (Chinese)
TypePrivate non-profit business School
EstablishedNovember 2002; 22 years ago (2002-11)
DeanXiang Bing
Academic staff
67
Location,
China
CampusUrban
AffiliationsLi Ka Shing Foundation
Websiteckgsb.edu
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese长江商学院
Traditional Chinese長江商學院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChángjiāng Shāngxuéyuàn

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) (Chinese: 长江商学院) is a private, non-profit, independent educational institution and the only business school in China with faculty governance.[1]

The school offers MBA, Finance MBA, Executive MBA, Business Scholars Program, and short-term Executive Education programs to both Chinese and international students.[2]

The faculty staff is made up of 45 full-time professors and 10 long-term visiting professors currently, with research focusing from global business issues to China-specific topics. In its 10 years the school has trained about 3000 CEOs from various Chinese companies,[3] with notable alumni including the founder of the Alibaba Group, Jack Ma; Fu Chengyu, Chairman of Sinopec; and Wu Yajun,[4] the fifth richest person and the richest woman in China as of 2012.[5]

Established in November 2002 through the financial support of the Li Ka Shing Foundation,[1] today CKGSB is considered one of the major graduate business schools in China, with a leading role in the growing Chinese private sector.[6] As of 2011 CKGSB alumni collectively managed above $1 trillion in revenues, equal to 13.7% of the Chinese GDP in that year.[3] Headquartered in Beijing, CKGSB has campuses in Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as offices in Hong Kong, New York City and London.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Li Ka Shing Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2013-07-12., CKGSB on the Li Ka Shing Foundation Webpage.
  2. ^ a b [1], "About Us" page of English Website.
  3. ^ a b [2], Profile of CKGSB on Poets and Quants.
  4. ^ "MBA China | Business School China | Executive MBA - CKGSB".
  5. ^ [3], Forbes List of Richest people in China, 2012.
  6. ^ [4], Article About Business Schools in China by Forbes, "China's Best Business Schools", 2010.