China Media Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, corporate restructuring, management buyouts, and mergers & acquisitions. The firm has a taste for investments in the cultural, technological, media, entertainment, consumer, telecommunication, internet, sport, and middle class lifestyle sectors. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Shanghai, China with additional offices in Beijing, China and Hong Kong.
During last december 2015, CMC in a consortium with other investment groups such as CITIC Capital purchased 13% of the English club Manchester City Football Club owned by Mr. Mansour Al Nahyan. The stake in City Football Group, owner of Melbourne City and New York City football clubs was estimated in around $400m. It was one of the big operations which started consolidating Chinese presence in European football, together with the recent acquisition of 25% of Atlético de Madrid by Dalian Wanda. This move by China Media Capital has also triggered the acquisition of other Football Clubs bu Chinese investor groups such as Granada CF and Internazionale de Milan.
Ms. Jun Zhao will be one of the leaders of our top-tier speakers during the Forum on 27th and 28th of October.
She will be giving a lecture in representation of China Media Capital Sports and the Chinese market, evergrowing and gaining bigger presence in the football industry