Wayne joined WI Harper in 2005. Previously, Wayne was the China Consultant to Piper Jaffray' s equity research team where he worked directly with Safa Rashtchy and was responsible for the TMT sectors covering companies in Internet, advertising, wireless services, and online gaming markets. Before Piper Jaffray, he was a co-founder of Xel Ltd., a Bluetooth start-up funded by Mobile Internet (Asia), where he was in charge of fundraising and international business development. He helped bring WIDCOMM, the leader in Bluetooth protocol stacks that was subsequently acquired by Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) in 2003, into China. Prior to founding Xel Ltd., Wayne also served as an analyst at Yungenghu & Company, a Beijing-based financial advisory firm, where he was involved in developing business plans and financial models for domestic clients across many traditional sectors.

Wayne was born and raised in Beijing. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Peking University.

Wayne has current board involvement with New Dynamic Education and past board involvement with China Broad Media.

Contact Wayne Shiong:
wshiong@wiharper.com