Chinh chu forbes
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From poverty to Wall Street—a true success story
Two years later, Chu left Salomon for the Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm then just barely five years old. Chu says he was attracted to the maverick company’s entrepreneurial milieu and the chance to learn directly from Blackstone’s experienced senior partners.
Today, Chu, 38, is one of Blackstone’s youngest senior managing directors. Throughout his career with the company, he has headed up some of history’s largest private-equity deals: the purchase of water-treatment and process chemicals company Nalco from French conglomerate Suez for more than $4 billion; the purchase of Celanese, a German-based chemical company, for $3.8 billion; and the pending acquisition of SunGard, an $11.7 billion transaction.
The mortar undergirding Chu’s success is his ability to transcend adversity—a skill he acquired, by necessity, early on. Chu and his grandmother, four younger siblings and his mother, who was eight months pregnant, were forced to flee their native Vietnam in 1975 when Chu was jus
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Chinh Chu
Mr. Chinh E. Chu is a Chief Executive Officer & Director at CC Neuberger Principal Holdings III, a Chief Executive Officer & Director at CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II, a Senior Managing Director/Founder at CC Capital Management LLC and a Director & Vice President at GPC Capital Corp. II. He is on the Board of Directors at CC Neuberger Principal Holdings III, CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II, The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., Stearns Lending LLC, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Nyco Holdings A/S, Stearns Holdings LLC and GPC Capital Corp. II. Mr. Chu was previously employed as a Vice Chairman by Collier Creek Holdings, a Co-Executive Chairman by FGL Holdings, a Lead Independent Director by NCR Corp., an Independent Director by BankUnited, Inc., a Chairman by Catalent, Inc., a Chairman by Graham Packaging Holdings Co. (Pennsylvania), a Senior Managing Director by The Blackstone Group LP, a Senior Managing Director by Blackstone Corporate Private Equity, a Senior Managing Director by B
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Chinh Chu is the Founder and Senior Managing Director of CC Capital. In this capacity, he has spearheaded the creation of five SPACs since 2016. The first, CF Corp., raised $1.2 billion in order to purchase Fidelity & Guaranty Life. Following the acquisition, Chinh served as Co-Executive Chairman of FGL Holdings. The second SPAC, Collier Creek Holdings, raised $475 million and in August 2020 consummated the acquisition of Utz Brands Holdings, LLC, a leading manufacturer of branded salty snacks, to form Utz Brands (NYSE: UTZ). The third SPAC, CC Neuberger Principal Holdings I, completed a business combination with E2open Holdings, LLC in February 2021. Chinh serves as the Chairman of the Board of E2open (NYSE: ETWO). The fourth SPAC, CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (NYSE: PRPB), of which Chinh served as CEO & Director, closed a business combination with Getty Images in July 2022. The fifth and most recent, CC Neuberger Principal Holdings III (NYSE: PRPC), raised $403 million for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses. Chinh also led CC Capital’s effort to take D
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