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Ben Harburg

Based in China

Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Mr. Harburg also leads MSA Novo, the emerging markets focused franchise of MSA. Ben has significant investment and operations … Continued

Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Mr. Harburg also leads MSA Novo, the emerging markets focused franchise of MSA. Ben has significant investment and operations … Continued

Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Mr. Harburg also leads MSA Novo, the emerging markets focused franchise of MSA. Ben has significant investment and operations experience in the Greater China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

He sits on Boards of Directors of various private and public companies, as well as those of foundations such as the National Committee on US China Relations, the Asian Cultural Council, and the Carnegie Endowment’s China Center.

He was a Neubauer Scholar at Tufts University (where he studied International Relations), a Fulbright Scholar at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (where he was based in the Department of Islamic Sciences and Oriental Philology), and the first native-born American admitted to Tsinghua University Peoples Bank of China School of Finance elite EMBA program.

His passion is football and he is a co-owner of Cádiz Club de Fútbol, a team playing in Spain’s First Division (La Liga).

 

  • US-China geopolitics (tech rivalry, trade war)
  • China’s economy (challenges, new areas for growth, transition, capital markets)
  • China – Middle East (tech, politics, etc)
  • China – Emerging Markets (South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America)
  • China AI, Semiconductors, Biotech
  • China consumer
  • China tech regulation
  • Demystifying China
  • Middle East (tech, geopolitics, etc)
  • World sport (globalizing sports teams/brands, accessing key growth markets like China, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa)