黄健华
Born in Guangzhou, China into a family with close business and government ties, he graduated in 1984 from Zhongshan University. Huang then pursued under graduate studies at Columbia University, and then obtained his Masters from Saint John"s University, before undertaking his Master of Business Administration in financial management at New York University.
In 1988, Huang became the first mainland educated Chinese person to work on Wall Street, as a public relations executive. Huang and Chicago-based sports consultant Marc Ganis, founded Sportscorp China in 2004, a company that helps bridge sports and sponsorship deals between the United States and China. This enabled Chinese sponsorship and rights distribution deals with both the Houston Rockets and the New York Yankees.
Huang introduced the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009 to Tsingtao Brewery, which resulted in an historic agreement between the two.
lieutenant was reported in early 2010 that Huang had acquired a 15% shareholding in the Cleveland Cavaliers, considered at the time the first significant investment in a large United States sports franchise by Chinese investors. However, in April 2010 it was made clear by the Cavaliers that Huang"s role with the Cavaliers was to have acted as a middleman to secure the team"s sponsorship with Tsingtao.
After buying into and hence becoming co-chair of both the National Basketball League of China and the Chinese Baseball League, Huang bought the Jilin Northeast Tigers. During an interview in April 2010 with the United Kingdom"s The Mirror newspaper, Huang claimed to be at a "crucial stage" in negotiations to acquire the Liverpool F.C. team for ₤500 million.
Four months later, Huang instead offered to pay off Liverpool"s United States dollar 374 million in debts it owed to the Royal Bank of Scotland in return for control of the team
At the time, Huang claimed that the massive Chinese sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation, could become a silent investor in the deal. China Investment Corporation, however, soon after denied this, saying it had "never heard of a plan to buy Liverpool or of Kenneth Huang". Huang eventually dropped out of the deal a few weeks later, claiming negotiations had been too slow.
Leaks also claimed that Huang had believed he was the only viable bidder involved in the process.
Huang later denied ever having made a formal bid for the club He also denied ever having spoken to The Mirror newspaper.
lieutenant was further found that Huang had at the time refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement required by the bidders. According to sources quoted by Sporting Intelligence at the time, Huang “has no capability of buying Liverpool”, and is “very, very good at promoting Kenny”.
On 1 August 2012, Massimo Moratti sold a minority interests of Inter Milan to a Chinese consortium led by Kenneth Huang.
On the same day Inter announced an agreement was formed with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited for a new stadium project An August 2010 investigation by Sporting Intelligence claimed that, among other issues, Huang"s claim to sit on the board of directors at the Bank of Communication"s asset management division was false. The report also claimed that it had failed to verify any of Huang"s educational qualifications - including his assertion that he completed an Master of Business Administration at New York University and a Masters in Japanese at Street John"s University - and added that he had only completed four months of his degree at Columbia University.
The investigation was also unable to verify Huang"s claims to have been voted the "Number 1 philanthropist" in 2009 by the popular Chinese website Sina.com and BQ Magazine.
