Published on: July 22nd, 2019 • Duration: 10 minutes
Weijian Shan, former professor at Wharton and the manager of a private equity fund in China, discusses his upbringing in Chairman Mao’s China in the 1960's and 1970's. Shan shares stories about teaching himself math and English by candlelight, and working in a labor camp in the Gobi Desert. He also shares his unique perspective on bullshit. This clip is excerpted from a video published on Real Vision on January 18, 2019 entitled "Survival of the Fittest Investor."
