Why should I donate money to Yale?

I was born in central China in 1972, and was admitted to the university in 1989, when the country was implementing the policy of reform and opening up. In the year of college entrance examination, there were 654.38 million candidates taking the exam in our province, and I won the first place in one fell swoop. Only in this way can I have a chance to study in China Renmin University. My major is international finance. But at that time I didn't even know what international finance was. I only know that many excellent students are studying this major.

1998 I applied for graduate students in American universities, and at that time, more and more China students began to study abroad. I can go to many excellent schools, but I chose Yale University. There are several main reasons. First of all, this is the only famous foreign school my parents have heard of. Yale is also a well-known and respected prestigious school in China. This is one of the reasons why I want to give back to Yale University. Yale has helped China for more than 65,438+000 years, and many China leaders have been educated at Yale. But for a long time, this mutual assistance relationship has been one-way, so I really want to change this. It is no exaggeration to say that the Yale School of Management has changed my life. I have learned a lot here, not only in finance or entrepreneurship, but also in giving.

Netizens are hotly discussing.

Education without borders or eating inside and crawling outside?

Once Zhang Lei's donation to Yale was disclosed, it caused a heated discussion on the Internet. There are also people who are exclaimed and angry, but more are self-reflection.

Support: "Education without borders"

Supporters believe that education knows no borders, and the purpose of Zhang Lei's donation is not to help the poor, but to thank his alma mater, which has the greatest influence on his life. Some netizens said: "His ideological realm is already a world, surpassing regions and nations."

Anger: "Zhang Lei, you eat inside and climb outside."

There are also many netizens who can't understand this. They think that China raised Zhang Lei, while Zhang Lei's actions are simply forgetful. He even cursed Zhang Lei "not from China, don't go back to China to mix this garbage."

Reflection: Reflection on Higher Education in China

Another part of netizens thought deeply about the reasons for this behavior. Zhang Lei donated such a large sum of money to Yale because he thought Yale had a great influence on his life and career success. Some netizens assumed: "If Zhang Lei graduated from a domestic university, if the university can give him good guidance and even affect his life, I believe Zhang Lei will also donate to his alma mater." Therefore, it is an urgent problem to study how to reform China's higher education system to help students better.

Recently, the website of the Public Affairs Office of Yale University announced that Professor richard levin, President of Yale University in the United States, announced that Zhang Lei, a graduate of Yale University in 2002, had promised to donate $8,888,888 to the School of Management of Yale University (SOM). This is by far the largest personal donation made by a graduate of Yale University School of Management.

Zhang Lei is the founder of Hillhouse Capital Man-Age, and this donation will be mainly used for the construction of the new campus of Yale University School of Management. The other part is a scholarship for the international relations program of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and various China-related activities of Yale University.

Zhang Lei chose to donate US$ 8,888,888 because the number 8 has a special meaning in China culture. Its pronunciation is similar to "fat", representing wealth and luck.

From 65438 to 0998, Zhang Lei went abroad to study. He chose Yale University as his major in international economics and studied for a master's degree in international relations and business administration. After returning to China, he used Yale's endowment fund as the initial investment and founded Gaoling Fund Management Co., Ltd. with 30 million dollars. Today, his operating assets have reached $2.5 billion.