the company bda china limited . for the full list of bda acronyms see bda . bda china limited type private industry business founded 1994 headquarters beijing china key people duncan clark chairman wilbur zou managing partner products business services website www.bda.com bda china limited bda is a business advising firm based in beijing china . 1 contents 1 history 2 leadership 3 sector experience 4 references 5 external links history edit founded in 1994 bda serves financial institutions mostly private equity firms and hedge funds and multinational corporations . bda advises on investments principally in china as well as south east asia japan and south korea . 2 the company s sector focus is principally china s digital markets and consumer goods and services . other sectors include advanced manufacturing healthcare education & training . after serving exclusively morgan stanley and its clients from 1994 1995 bda built its own stable of clients including telecom media and technology companies seeking to benefit from the rapid growth in china . 3 in 1999 bda co published a report entitled the internet in china . the publication coincided with a surge in venture capital investment in the country s budding internet sector culminating in the ipos on nasdaq in 2000 of chinese internet portals sina netease and sohu . bda founder duncan clark co authored a chapter in the textbook chinese cyberspace technological changes and political effects based on the findings from this report . 4 5 in 2003 china s three listed internet portals started to see a reversal of fortunes from revenues generated by mobile text messaging partnerships with chinese telecom operators including china mobile . bda research highlighted the resurgence of these companies winning it new mandates from institutional investors including hedge funds . a new wave of private equity activity followed with the emergence of a second wave of internet companies such as ctrip baidu and shanda that listed successfully in the us in 2003 and 2004 . 4 by 2004 bda diversified its investments and business consulting practices beyond the telecommunications and internet sectors to include e commerce and a wide range of consumer goods and services . bda was also an angel investor in website software start up exoweb limited which subsequently spun off the mobile games company happylatte and mobile metrics company app annie . 6 leadership edit duncan clark bda s founder and chairman is a technology and financial expert specializing in chinese markets . clark s book on alibaba alibaba the house that jack ma built was published by harpercollins in 2016 7 and was named as a finalist for the 2016 financial times mckinsey business book of the year award . 8 he is often quoted by the new york times bloomberg the economist and other media outlets . 9 clark served a senior advisor to the china 2.0 initiative at the stanford graduate school of business stanford program on regions of innovation and entrepreneurship . at stanford clark studies the effect silicon valley will have on china s various technology industries . 10 when he served as a visiting scholar from 2010 2011 he facilitated seminars on the creation of the venture capital community and the role of internet companies in china . 11 duncan is also executive producer of two china themed documentary films produced by a production company cib productions that he co founded in beijing in 2008 . 11 duncan clark has served on the advisory board of chinese internet company netease and serves on the advisory board of the digital communication fund of geneva based bank the pictet group . 12 a former elected chairman of the china britain business council clark was appointed by her majesty queen elizabeth ii order of the british empire in the 2013 new year honours list for services to british commercial interests in china . 13 wilbur zou bda s managing partner is responsible for the company s business operation and development . 14 ted dean served as partner at bda from 1999 2013 when he joined the united states department of commerce as deputy assistant secretary for services in the international trade administration . 15 sector experience edit telecommunications information technology consumer and luxury retail industrials references edit gough neil 2014 02 09 . china s tencent to buy stake in jd.com as part of e commerce push . the new york times . hong kong the new york times company . retrieved 2014 03 20 . clover charles 2014 03 19 . chinese internet mobile wars . financial times . beijing . retrieved 2014 03 20 . chan yvonne 1999 06 30 . unicom chooses key ipo partner . south china morning post . beijing . retrieved 2014 03 26 . a b clark duncan 2001 01 22 . the internet in china problems and prospects . freeman spogli institute for international studies stanford university . retrieved 2004 03 24 . the internet in china bda china limited and the strategis group inc. . siliconinvestor.com . prnewswire.com . 1999 . retrieved 2014 04 09 . stanford program on regions of innovation and entrepreneurship people duncan clark . stanford university graduate school of business . retrieved 20 march 2014 . https www.harpercollins.com 9780062413406 alibaba https www.ft.com content bd3ef4f8 5808 11e6 9f70 badea1b336d4 china file duncan clark . chinafile . retrieved 20 march 2014 . stanford program on regions of innovation and entrepreneurship people duncan clark . stanford university graduate school of business . retrieved 20 march 2014 . a b life after google the way forward for us internet firms and investors in china . stanford university graduate school of business . stanford university . retrieved 20 march 2014 . the wall street journal unleashing innovation an executive conference . wall street journal asia . retrieved 20 march 2014 . new year s honours list 2013 departmental list pdf . gov.uk . retrieved 20 march 2014 . the american chamber of commerce presents the 1st annual sme conference . dr. charlie mysinablog.com . retrieved 1 april 2014 . ted dean . united states department of commerce international trade administration . retrieved 9 april 2014 . external links edit official website wilbur zou biography retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bda china limited & oldid 741461172 categories financial services companies of chinacompanies of chinacompanies based in beijing1994 establishments in chinacompanies established in 1994hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite 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