William G. Tung
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Rockefeller Group Development Corporation
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William G. Tung has directed all of the Rockefeller Group's activities in Asia Pacific as its Managing Director since 2003, including branded mixed-use developments in China.
Mr. Tung heads the master development of the historic Waitanyuan project on the Bund in Shanghai, a 16-hectare mixed-use development on the banks of the Huangpu and Suzhou Rivers. The project is slated by Shanghai's municipal government as a world-class centerpiece to help celebrate the 2010 EXPO in Shanghai. The master development company is a joint venture between The Rockefeller Group/Sinolink and New Huangpu Group, a privatized government company in Shanghai that was designated by the People's Republic of China to participate in the project.
Before joining The Rockefeller Group, Mr. Tung was a Vice President for 10 years with Bertelsmann, the global media conglomerate, directing all its corporate real estate activities and ownership interests. Prior to Bertelsmann, Mr. Tung was an Executive Vice President and Partner with Broadway State Partners, a major property development company in the New York region, involved in all aspects of property development and valued at over US $2 billion. Earlier in his career, Tung practiced as a licensed architect with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and managed projects worldwide.
Mr. Tung earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University's Columbia Business School and he earned an architectural degree from Princeton University.