Researching Zhiwu Chen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9 people with the Chen surname? In that year Chen was ranked number 3570 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Zhiwu Chen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Zhiwu Chen and the Chen Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chen Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Chen family tree.
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Chen Family Tree Databases
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Chen Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Chen surname in the USA? Chen is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Chen Databases
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Some Famous People called Zhiwu Chen
Zhiwu Chen
Zhiwu Chen ( born July 1962) is a professor of finance at The University of Hong Kong, specializing in finance theory, securities valuation, and the economy of China. He is a public intellectual in China, with a Sina Weibo following of over 9 million; in 2010 The Time Weekly named him one of "Ten Public Intellectuals Influencing China" and in 2012 public relations agency Burson-Marsteller named him one of China's ten most influential political voices on Weibo.
He graduated from Central South University in 1983 with a BS. Later he obtained an MS in 1986 from the Changsha Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1990.
He is an editor of the journal Annals of Economics and Finance and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, among others. He has served on the executive boards of various companies including the Bank of Communications, PetroChina, Lord Abbett China, the Yale-China Association, and the Unirule Institute of Economics; he was also on China State Council's Advisory Panel on the Formation of the China Investment Corporation. He was Chief Academic Advisor to China Central Television for two documentary series, "Wall Street" and "Money." In 2011 he was appointed the Chief Advisor of the Permal Group, an alternative asset management firm.
Source: Zhiwu Chen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chen
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