Dr. Ta-lin Hsu is Chairman and Founder of H&Q Asia Pacific

H&Q Asia Pacific

H&Q Asia Pacific is an Asian private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ta-lin Hsu as a branch of the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. It is one of the oldest and most established private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has managed an aggregate of over $2.1 billion in committed...

, an Asian private equity firm. Hsu joined Hambrecht & Quist

Hambrecht & Quist

Hambrecht & Quist was an investment bank based in San Francisco, California noted for its focus on the technology and internet sectors. H&Q was founded by William Hambrecht and George Quist in California, 1968....

 Group in 1985 as a General Partner and founded H&Q Asia Pacific in 1987 before its independent incorporation in 1990.

In 2006, Hsu was ranked on the Forbes

Forbes

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 Midas List of Top 25 best dealmakers in high-tech and life sciences. In 2008 he again made the list, ranked 28th.