The story
Founded by Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin in 1995.1
SOHO China was founded in 1995 by Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. Within 10 years of the company's founding, it became the largest property developer in China. SOHO China found its identity in 2000, with the advent of the Internet and the entrepreneurial excitement that followed. Small scale start-ups formed in abundance around China, and these burgeoning business needed a space to work.
On October 8, 2007, SOHO China had an IPO in which it was successfully listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (Stock Code: 410), raising proceeds of US$1.9 billion, the largest ever IPO from a private enterprise in China, after which the company was able to move more aggressively into the prime real estate of Beijing and Shanghai. As of 2019 SOHO China retains the distinction of being Asia's largest commercial real estate IPO.
By mid-2013, CNN reported that SOHO China had "18 developments in Beijing, many of them landmark buildings", with an additional 11 properties in Shanghai. As of 2019, the company had also been named one of the "Most Admired Companies" in China by Fortune (China edition) six times since 2006.
From Wikipedia’s article on SOHO China, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
