Tan Xiangdong, also known as Adam Tan, is a Chinese-American businessman who is a co-founder of Hainan Airlines and the CEO of HNA Group.[1][2]
Biography
Tan received his B.A. from the Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, his M.B.A. from St. John's University in New York City and an executive education diploma from Harvard Business School.[3] He worked in the World Bank, where he met Chen Feng, who was asked by Hainan provincial government to set up an airline, and co-founded Hainan Airlines in the early 1990s.[4]