Tim Clissold

Tim Clissold
EducationYarm Grammar School[1]
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge (1982, Physics and Theoretical Physics)[2]

Tim Clissold (Chinese name: 祈立天) is a Western writer on business in China. He is the author of a memoir detailing how he helped the Wall Street trader Jack Perkowski to invest, lose and recover over $400 million in mainland China as the country first opened up to foreign direct investment.[3] His book detailed the numerous ways the fund lost money and the steps it took to recover it.[4][5] Clissold was president of the foreign-invested ASIMCO Technologies before parting company from Perkowski, who claims never to have read the book that gave him the nickname Mr. China. Time Magazine described Mr China as 'an instant classic.' [3][6]

Clissold has since written two more books, Chinese Rules and Cloud Chamber. The Financial Times Shanghai correspondent wrote of Chinese Rules: 'Read Tim Clissold, the British businessman whose book Mr China is probably the best I've ever come across about China. Now he has written another: it's about what makes China tick - for foreigners who can clearly hear it ticking but can't quite figure out why.'[1]

Clissold is a Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge University China Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge[7] and non-executive director of London Stock Exchange quoted investment trusts, Henderson Far East Income and Baillie Gifford China Growth.

Bibliography

  • Mr. China: A Memoir, HarperBusiness, 2005
  • Chinese Rules, HarperCollins, 2014
  • Cloud Chamber, Commercial Press of China, 2021

References

  1. ^ "About Tim | Tim Clissold".
  2. ^ "China's ancient poems for the modern era".
  3. ^ a b Dan Fitzpatrick, "'Mr. China' -- Pittsburgher's status borders on mythical", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 November 2006
  4. ^ Gady A. Epstein, "China flies the flag", Forbes, April 25, 2008,
  5. ^ Scott Cendrowski, "Businesses Going Into China Need to Know These Rules First", "Fortune", December 3, 2016
  6. ^ Bill Powell, "Books: Mr. China Hits the Road" Time, 20 February 2005
  7. ^ "China's ancient poems for the modern era". Jesus College. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

External links

  • Tim Clissold, Mr Wang's chemical factory, Chinadialogue.net, 18 September 2007
  • Tim Clissold's website
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