According to Yale University Office of Public Affairs news Web site January 4, Yale University President Richard Levin, a professor announced that 2002 graduate of Yale Zhang Lei (sound) has been promised will be the Yale University School of Management (SOM) donated 8.88 million 8888 U.S. dollars. This is by far the Yale School of Management alumni donors, the largest single individual donation.
Reported that Zhang Lei is the Hillhouse Capital Management (Gao Ling Capital Management Limited) to create one, this contribution will be mainly used for the Yale School of Management, new campus construction. In addition, as part of the scholarships available to the "Jackson School of Global Affairs," in international relations projects, and funding a variety of Yale and China-related activities.
Reported that the January 4, Levin and the Yale School of Management Dean Sharon M. Oster Westin hotel in Beijing's Chaoyang District, co-chaired a special event was announced by the news. In this event, a number of outstanding alumni of the Yale School of Management also conducted a panel discussion on the theme "invest in the Central Kingdom."
Reported that Lei was chosen to donate 8,888,888 U.S. dollars, because the number 8 in Chinese culture has a special meaning, which sounds like "fat", representing wealth and luck.
Reported that grew up in central China Zhang Lei, who was champion college entrance examination. He has worked in the Chinese People's University to study international finance, and later to Yale time MBA, and received a master's degree in international relations. Zhang Lei said, Yale has changed his life, he created Hillhouse Capital Management is to cross-Yale School of Management, named after a road.