Li Gang (李刚)

Executive Chairman, Cephei Capital (董事长,润晖投资) at CDH Investments

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Biography

Li Gang is Executive Chairman of Cephei Capital (润晖投资), CDH's public equities platform, which he founded in 2006 and which states $3.5bn of assets under management as of January 2026. CDH's team pages say that before founding Cephei he was Managing Director and head of the sales and trading department at China International Capital Corporation, dated 1997 to 2006 in the Chinese biography, and before that manager of portfolio analytics and corporate finance at Freddie Mac from 1992 to 1997. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University and, per the Chinese biography, a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Southeast University. He appears on CDH's group management team page; CDH does not give him a partner title.

Education

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

1992
Manager of Portfolio Analytics and Corporate Finance at Freddie Mac, a role CDH's English biography dates to 1992-1997.
1997
Becomes Managing Director and Head of Sales & Trading at CICC, per CDH's Chinese biography, serving until 2006.
2006
Founds Cephei (润晖投资).

Sources & References

CDH Investments - Management team (管理团队) ↗CDH Investments - Investment Team (English) ↗CDH Investments - Cephei Capital team (润晖投资) ↗CDH Investments - Cephei Capital team (English) ↗