中國安邦保險掌門人備受關注
Anbang Insurance Group, which this week bought New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for $1.9bn, has a big thing going for it in its home market: its founder and chairman is the grandson-in-law of Deng Xiaoping, architect of modern China.
本週以19.5億美元買下紐約華爾道夫酒店(Waldorf Astoria hotel)的安邦保險集團(Anbang Insurance Group)，在其本土市場有一大優勢：其創始人和董事長是現代中國總設計師鄧小平的外孫女婿。
Anbang’s chairman, Wu Xiaohui, who is in his late 40s, is known in Beijing for his ruthless business style and the support he receives from powerful political leaders.
在北京，安邦集團近50歲的董事長吳小暉以無情的商業風格和強大的政治後臺聞名。He is married to the granddaughter of Deng. The Deng family retains considerable political influence.
他娶了鄧小平的外孫女爲妻。鄧家在中國保留了相當大的政治影響力。
Mr Wu has invested in real estate, mining and infrastructure. He established Anbang Property & Casualty Insurance in 2004 when it was virtually impossible to enter the state-dominated insurance sector.
吳小暉投資於房地產、礦業和基礎設施。他在2004年創建了安邦財產保險(Anbang Property & Casualty Insurance)，當時要進入國企主導的保險業幾乎是不可能的事。Anbang Insurance was established five years ago. Within 18 months it was boasting assets of Rmb510bn ($83bn). It now claims assets of more than Rmb700bn, including the Waldorf Astoria.
安邦保險成立於5年前。在18個月裏，其資產達到5100億元人民幣（合830億美元）。該集團現在聲稱擁有超過7000億元人民幣的資產，包括紐約的華爾道夫酒店。Another large insurance company in China – Ping An Insurance – has deep ties to the family of former premier Wen Jiabao, some members of which were large shareholders in the company.
中國另一家大型保險公司——平安保險(Ping An Insurance)——與前總理溫家寶一家有很深的淵源，該公司的幾個較大股東來自溫家。Apart from real estate holdings in China, Anbang has stakes in at least four banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Merchants Bank, according to Chinese media reports.
據中國媒體報道，除了中國的房地產資產以外，安邦在至少四家銀行持有股份，包括中國工商銀行(ICBC)和招商銀行(China Merchants Bank)。It is also the controlling shareholder in six insurers, two asset management companies, a financial leasing group and a property developer.
該集團還是6家保險商、2家資產管理公司、1家金融租賃集團和1家房地產開發商的控股股東。While it remains a second-tier insurance player within China, Anbang’s rise shows no sign of flagging, and has been credited by Chinese media to Mr Wu’s business acumen, as well as his “apparent success at pushing regulatory limits”, according to Chinese magazine Caixin.
儘管它在中國仍是二線保險商，但安邦的發展壯大沒有顯示疲態。中國媒體將此歸因於吳小暉的商業智慧以及他在試探監管底線方面的明顯成功。Mr Wu and members of the Deng family could not be contacted for comment. Anbang Insurance Group declined to comment.
記者無法聯繫上吳小暉和鄧家成員請其置評。安邦保險集團拒絕對此發表評論。
