Frankie Fang

Founding Managing Partner at Starquest Capital

Speaker

Frankie Fang is the founding managing partner of Starquest Capital, a private equity and fund of funds (FOF) firm based in China that focuses on the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. Mr. Fang oversees FOF investments, ESG integration, business development, and various other key activities. Starquest Capital is the first Asian recipient of the UNPRI Awards 2019 “Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year”.

Prior to founding Starquest Capital in 2018, Mr. Fang served as the head of LGT Capital Partners in China for 12 years. Before joining LGT Capital Partners in early 2007, Mr. Fang worked for the AXA Private Equity Group in Singapore, where he focused on FOF and direct investment in the Pan-Asia region. Mr. Fang has 20 years of experience in the financial industry.

Mr. Fang has invested over USD 3 billion in the Chinese private equity market, including long-established GPs such as CITIC Capital, Hongshan, and Legend Capital, as well as VC 2.0 GPs such as Primavera Capital, Source Code Capital, and Gaorong Ventures. Mr. Fang holds positions on the Advisory Committees of over 20 funds in China and is a member of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission Expert Committee. He was also invited to be an expert judge for the Forbes China 2020 “30 Under 30” List.

Mr. Fang earned a bachelor’s degree from the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an MBA from INSEAD Business School, and an EMBA from the People’s Bank of China School of Finance at Tsinghua University. Additionally, Mr. Fang holds the Chinese CPA qualification and sits on the Future Forum Youth Council (“Chinese Nobel Committee”). His native language is Mandarin Chinese, and he is also fluent in English, French, and Cantonese, with conversational proficiency in German and Japanese.