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> He made an even bolder move in 2005, by pushing into private equity
> when he formed New Horizon Capital with a group of Chinese-born classmates from Northwestern.
> The firm quickly raised $100 million from investors, including SBI Holdings, a division of the
> Japanese group SoftBank, and Temasek, the Singapore government investment fund.
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> Under Mr. Wen, New Horizon established itself as a leading private equity firm,
> investing in biotech, solar, wind and construction equipment makers.
> Since it began operations, the firm has returned about $430 million to investors, a fourfold profit, according to SBI Holdings.