Chien Lee

Chien Lee
Nationality American
Occupation Entrepreneur, Investor
Known for Owner of OGC Nice FC
Owner of Barnsley FC
Co-founder of 7 Days Inn

Chien Lee is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and investor and the founder and Chairman of NewCity Capital, a private investment firm. He is the Chairman and biggest shareholder of Barnsley Football Club[1], Chairman and biggest shareholder of OGC Nice Football Club[2][3],and co-founder of 7 Days Inn. [4]

Career

Chien Lee is the founder, Chairman and CEO of NewCity Capital, founded in February 2013, NewCity Capital is a private investment company that focusses on sport, real estate businesses, hospitality and customer retail. He founded Lee holdings Company Inc. a US-based investment company in August 1989 where he acts as Chairman and President. Mr Lee co-founded The Officebox in April 2004, a Chinese office products retail chain. He is a founding member, Chairman of board and CEO of CS China Acquisition Corp. [5]

Barnsley Football Club

In 2017, Chien Lee became the co-chairman and co-owner of Barnsley FC (Football Club),[6] a professional association football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The team play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Tykes" and “The Reds”, they were founded in 1887. [7][8][9]

OGC Nice Football Club

In 2016, Chien Lee became the Chairman of board and co-owner at OGC Nice FC (Football Club). OGC Nice FC is a French association football club based in Nice, the club was founded in 1904 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. [10]

The Grand Ho Tram Strip

Mr. Lee is an investor and also serves as director of Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd., the developer of The Grand Ho Tram Strip. The Grand Ho Tram Strip is a resort and leisure destination in Vietnam.[11][12][13][14]

7 Days inn

Chien Lee is the founder of 7 Days Inn, a budget hotel chain in China established in 2005. [15][16][17]

Trade.io

He became director of Trade.io the blockchain P2P trading platform in October 2017. Trade.io is a blockchain trading platform, it allows regular users to participate in multi-asset financial markets and the platform’s native Liquidity Pool.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Beane’s Barnsley deal completed", www.thetimes.co.uk
  2. ↑ "Barnsley in advanced takeover talks with consortium led by Chinese billionaire Chien Lee", www.dailymail.co.uk
  3. ↑ "Chien Lee joins Board of blockchain P2P trading platform trade.io", www.cryptoninjas.net 30 October 2017
  4. ↑ "Executive profile Chien Lee", www.bloomberg.com
  5. ↑ "China-linked investors target stake in Brentford football club", www.ft.com
  6. ↑ " Moneyball comes to Barnsley as group including Billy Beane seals takeover ", www. Reds theguardian.com 19 December 2017
  7. ↑ "Football Crazy: Why A Chinese-American Investor Brought Moneyball To A Sleepy English Town", www.forbes.com
  8. ↑ "Chinese magnate and ‘Moneyball’ maven set to purchase lower league English soccer team together", www.scmp.com
  9. ↑ "Meet Barnsley's Chien Lee, the Chinese owner with a different approach to Aston Villa's Tony Xia", www.birminghammail.co.uk
  10. ↑ "Barnsley taken over by consortium headed by Chien Lee and Paul Conway", www.skysports.com 19 December 2017
  11. ↑ "ACDL ADDS NEW INVESTOR TO HO TRAM STRIP PROJECT", www.casinolifemagazine.com
  12. ↑ "More about The Grand Ho Tram Strip Resort", www.agoda.com
  13. ↑ "Vietnam Casino Investor Checks Junket, Hotel Boxes", www.forbes.com 19 August 2014
  14. ↑ "Chinese-American Billionaire Venture Capitalist Chien Lee Joins Board of Directors of trade.io", www.coinmarkets.news
  15. ↑ "Chinese investor targets stake in London's Brentford Football Club", www.chinadaily.com
  16. ↑ " Nice way to keep eyes on the goal", www.chinadailyasia.com 27 June 2016
  17. ↑ "Chien Lee: Macau’s Gaming Sector Will Continue Double Digit Growth", www.chinamoneynetwork.com
  18. ↑ "Chinese-American Billionaire Chien Lee Joins trade.io Board of Directors", www.cryptovest.com
  19. ↑ " Billionaire VC Chien Lee joins Board of blockchain P2P trading platform trade.io", www.coinspectator.com
  20. ↑ "Trade.io investment allows Chinese billionaire to sidestep the ICO ban ", www.venturebeat.com 30 October 2017
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