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The GYES Signature PodcastJack Perkowski - Second Full GYES InterviewUpon graduating from Yale, where he received the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize awarded each year to the outstanding member of the Junior Class, and the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar, Jack Perkowski spent 20 years on Wall Street, rising to head of Investment Banking at PaineWebber. Over the course of his career on Wall Street, Jack held a variety of positions in PaineWebber’s Investment Banking Division. He completed private placements, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings, rebuilt PaineWebber’s Real Estate Group after it was decimated by defections, and dramatically increased investment banking revenues as h...2023-12-1352 min
The Reorient! PodcastE36/ Managing the Dragon: A conversation with Jack PerkowskiPlease sign up for our newsletter to get the link to the entire episode via the following linkLhttps://mailchi.mp/d6ef4e135f2f/reorient-newsletter-101655142022-11-1120 min
The Reorient! PodcastE36/ Managing the Dragon: A conversation with Jack PerkowskiJack Perkowski, aka Mr China, is among the best known US entrepreneurs focused on China. His journey to China began in 1990 when he left a successful career on Wall Street to pursue a dream. Perkowski understood the the power of long-term trends, in this case the development of China in the new era of Economic Reform and Opening up established by Deng Xiao Ping. After a couple of years of due diligence, he settled on the auto parts industry, where the government was eager for foreign technology, capital, and know-how. He founded ASIMCO in 1994, which developed into a unique organi...2022-11-101h 05
The GYES Signature PodcastJack Perkowski JFP Holdings Chairman & Founder Full GYES InterviewUpon graduating from Yale, where he received the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize awarded each year to the outstanding member of the Junior Class, and the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar, Jack Perkowski spent 20 years on Wall Street, rising to head of Investment Banking at PaineWebber. Over the course of his career on Wall Street, Jack held a variety of positions in PaineWebber’s Investment Banking Division. He completed private placements, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings, rebuilt PaineWebber’s Real Estate Group after it was decimated by defections, and dramatically increased investment banking revenues as h...2021-09-1226 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaDoing Business In China: The Next Twenty YearsIn this podcast, Jack describes why companies need to stay engaged with China, despite the fact that the relationship between China and the United States, as well as China and the other major industrial countries in the world, are likely to be more frosty in the years ahead than they have been since China joined WTO in 2001. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer i...2020-06-0824 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaChina's Phase One Trade Agreement With The United StatesIn this podcast, Jack describes the contents of each of the eight chapters included in the Phase One Trade Agreement signed by China and the United States on January 15, 2020. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the development of China’s auto industry and in bringing private equity to the country. In this series of interviews and podcasts, Jack provides insights into ongoing de...2020-03-0233 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaJack Perkowski Reviews His 2019 Predictions, And Discusses 2020 PredictionsIn this podcast, Jack Perkowski, Managing Partner, JFP Holdings, Ltd., reviews---and grades-- his 2019 predictions, and discusses his predictions for 2020, a year that will be dominated by news of the coronavirus and ongoing trade negotiations with the United States. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the development of China’s auto industry and in bringing private equity to the country. In this series of...2020-02-2831 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaJFP Holdings: A Lightning Rod For New Ideas and TechnologiesDue to its long history in China, JFP Holdings acts as a lightning rod for new ideas and technologies from China and around the world. Jack discusses why he established JFP Holdings in 2009 when ASIMCO Technologies was sold. He also highlights three major projects that the firm is currently working on---an auto aftermarket project; the importing of electric trucks and vans into the United States; and the financing of a new company that uses methanol to power hydrogen fuel cell trucks. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert o...2019-09-1923 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaWelcome to the Managing The Dragon: Demystifying China PodcastIn this introductory podcast, Jack talks about his book, Managing the Dragon,” describes ASIMCO Technologies, the Beijing based automotive components company that he founded in 1994; and discusses why he decided to leave Wall Street for the Great Wall in the early 1990’s. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the development of China’s auto industry and in bringing private equity to the countr...2019-09-1213 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaU.S.-China Trade War: It's Time For A Change In Strategy with Jack PerkowskiThe June 29 Trade War truce lasted just over one month. While many factors are at work, Beijing's reluctance to put agreed upon changes into law appears to be a key sticking point. While a legalistic approach may work in the U.S., it's ineffective and a non-starter in China. If the U.S. wants a deal that actually works, it's time to change its negotiating strategy or change its negotiating team. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on...2019-08-2721 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaNegotiating In China: 10 Rules for SuccessBased on 25 years of experience negotiating deals in China, Jack describes his "10 Rules For Success" in this podcast, referencing relevant aspects of the current trade negotiations between China and the United States. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the development of China’s auto industry and in bringing private equity to the country. In this series of interviews and podcasts, Jack provides insi...2019-06-2421 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaU.S.-China Trade War In Uncharted WatersWhile the Chinese negotiators may have underestimated Trump’s resolve to fundamentally change the Sino-U.S. relationship and use tariffs as a means to that end, the U.S. negotiating team may now be underestimating the difficulty of writing intellectual property rights (IPR) protections into Chinese law, underestimating Chinese resistance to interference by foreign powers in the internal workings of its government in the process. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Be...2019-06-0314 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaWhy Auto Sales Collapsed in ChinaFor the first time in memory, auto sales declined in China last year. In this podcast, Jack and Doug Perkowski discuss the reasons why; the prognosis for the years ahead; and 2018 auto industry highlights, including China’s global leadership role in electric vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, as well as new opportunities in the country’s auto aftermarket. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in t...2019-03-0123 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaFive Predictions for 2019, the Year of the PigIn this podcast, Jack Perkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd., provides his five China predictions for the Year of the Pig, including how the US-China Trade War gets resolved, and reviews the accuracy of his predictions for 2018 with Doug Perkowski. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the development of China’s auto industry and in bringing private equity to the...2019-03-0130 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaUS-China Trade War: Predictions with Jack PerkowskiIn this podcast, Jack Perkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd., and Doug Perkowski discuss why Jack believes that trade talks between China and the United States are now moving the two countries to a successful resolution of the conflict, and why he predicts that the trade war will be history by mid-year. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the...2019-01-2519 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaChina’s Two Markets with Jack PerkowskiIn this podcast, Jack and Doug Perkowski discuss how China’s lower cost perspective, in combination with the way in which the country has developed economically over the past 40 years, has created two markets in the country---a purely local market that is characterized by low price and low technology and a foreign/local market that is characterized by high price and high technology. If you want to sell your products in China, this podcast is a must. Don't forget to subscribe. Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, is...2019-01-1029 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaUS-China Trade War: Update with Jack PerkowskiSince our first podcast on the subject, the trade dispute between the United States and China has now blossomed into a full-blown Trade War. The Trump Administration has now imposed tariffs on $250 billion of goods from China; China has responded with tariffs on $110 billion of goods from the United States; and talks are at a standstill. In this podcast, Jack Perkowski, Managing Partner, JFP Holdings, Ltd., discusses the status of the Trade War. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending t...2018-10-2913 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaChina's Different Cost Perspective with Jack Perkowski One of the most important lessons that Jack has learned in over 25 years in China is that the Chinese have a fundamentally different—and lower—cost perspective than someone from a developed economy like the United States. In this podcast, Jack discusses why this is the case and why this unique characteristic of the China market has important implications for doing business in the country. Don't forget to subscribe! 2018-10-1217 min
Managing The Dragon: Demystifying ChinaUS-China Trade War: BackgroundIn this podcast, Jack Perkowski, Managing Partner, JFP Holdings, Ltd., discusses the big story in China this year—the country’s trade war with the United States. Jack explains why the world’s two largest economies are now at odds over trade and also makes some predictions as to how the Trade War might turn out. Don't forget to subscribe! Referred to as Mr. China, Jack Perkowski is an expert on doing business in the country. After spending twenty years on Wall Street, Jack moved to Beijing in 1992 where he has been a pioneer in the deve...2018-10-0519 min
Autoline This Week - VideoAutoline This Week #1807: Working Behind the Great Wall: Westerns in the Chinese Auto IndustryWhen Autoline took its first trip to China last year, we not only met many members of the fledgling Chinese auto industry, but also several industry veterans who came to this huge country to share their experience. Joining John McElroy on this week’s Autoline are three of those western auto experts including: Jack Perkowski from JFP Holdings; James Hope, Design Director, Chery Motors and Daniel Kirchert, Managing Director, Infiniti China.2014-02-1426 min
Autoline This WeekAutoline This Week #1807: Working Behind the Great Wall: Westerns in the Chinese Auto IndustryWhen Autoline took its first trip to China last year, we not only met many members of the fledgling Chinese auto industry, but also several industry veterans who came to this huge country to share their experience. Joining John McElroy on this week’s Autoline are three of those western auto experts including: Jack Perkowski from JFP Holdings; James Hope, Design Director, Chery Motors and Daniel Kirchert, Managing Director, Infiniti China.2014-02-1426 min