{"id":2987,"date":"2026-04-17T03:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glgov.org\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:27:30","slug":"wei-lu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glgov.org\/?p=2987","title":{"rendered":"Winston Ma"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2987\" class=\"elementor elementor-2987\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fd97947 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fd97947\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1528f1e9\" data-id=\"1528f1e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28013cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28013cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a name=\"_Hlk163120359\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">Prof. Winston Ma, CFA &amp; Esq., <\/span><a name=\"_Hlk184368512\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global AI-digital economy.<\/span><a name=\"_Hlk123844118\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0He is a partner of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonglobal.com\/the-team\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Dragon Global, an AI-focused family office<\/span><\/a><\/span><a name=\"_Hlk124274393\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">, and he is also the <\/span><a name=\"_Hlk184369596\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">Executive Director of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.nyu.edu\/global\/guarini-institute\/global-public-investment-funds-forum\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Global Public Investment Funds Forum<\/span><\/a><\/span><u><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0(GPIFF)<\/span><\/u><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0and <a name=\"_Hlk173595840\"><\/a>an <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/its.law.nyu.edu\/facultyprofiles\/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&amp;personid=47859\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Adjunct Professor<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> (on Sovereign Investors)\u00a0at New York University (NYU) School of Law.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/glgov.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WinstonMa_Portrait_2025_Professional_Headshot_NYC-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">Most recently for 10 years, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China\u2019s sovereign wealth fund. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, a vice president at J.P. Morgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP. He is one of a small number of native Chinese who have worked as investment professionals and practicing capital markets attorneys in both the United States and China.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">Mr. Ma has served on the boards of multinational listed and private companies in tech, finance, and natural resources industries. Most recently in 2021-2024, he was the <a name=\"_Hlk94205728\"><\/a>board Chairman <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/mountain--co-i-acquisition-corp-announces-closing-of-200-million-initial-public-offering-301420430.html\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> (which entered into a merger with the digital media unit of Football Club Barcelona) and, in 2022-2024, an advisory board member of Capgemini, the global IT consulting giant. In 2020-2022 he was the chairman of advisory board at <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/mubadala-invests-metal-concentrate-trading-platform-2021-09-16\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Open Mineral, the first Fintech B2B metal marketplace<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">. In 2017-2018 he was a board member of Singapore-listed Noble Group (<u>SGX: <\/u><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/links.sgx.com\/1.0.0\/corporate-announcements\/S3WSISWHJV6XKFRT\/f06b8265d8a1fe185ed4c9bd3afa3e0a331f0ab626d82aa33fee80e2461b9990\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">CGP<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">Formerly a nationally certified Software Programmer, Mr. Ma <a name=\"_Hlk184369465\"><\/a>is <a name=\"_Hlk134091425\"><\/a>the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/winstonmaweb3digitaleconomy\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">author of<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #0563c1;\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">more than 10 books<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0on SWF funds, digital economy, and global geopolitics, including <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Hunt-2DUnicorns-2DSovereign-2DReshaping-2DInvestment_dp_1119746604_ref-3Dpd-5Fbxgy-5Fimg-5F1_142-2D2699723-2D9842900-3Fpd-5Frd-5Fw-3DAqZWy-26pf-5Frd-5Fp-3Dc64372fa-2Dc41c-2D422e-2D990d-2D9e034f73989b-26pf-5Frd-5Fr-3DYC6MTJ7SFN6YMJXHQ85F-26pd-5Frd-5Fr-3D030a43a7-2D3147-2D4f5a-2Db74d-2Dc403ccceab0c-26pd-5Frd-5Fwg-3DUO9H7-26pd-5Frd-5Fi-3D1119746604-26psc-3D1&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=z82zuJ1-7Jxa7CSJ_R3o3g&amp;m=yhtqkCiCsRK-onRFNYhI_xNFNj948Bk8B72gAJVkmVzKlFv2hYP0_28wQHLeRGwF&amp;s=7gfsA85TdwQjQpkYB9maczE5FZarzVjnoVDbDCsQKAM&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">The Hunt for Unicorns<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">: How Sovereign Funds are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy \u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">and most recently<i> <\/i>\u201c<\/span><a name=\"_Hlk124274499\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blockchain-Web3-Cryptocurrency-Foundations-Metaverse\/dp\/1119891086\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BKM7PHUBT7S8&amp;keywords=9781119891086&amp;qid=1655283046&amp;sprefix=9781119891086+%2Caps%2C313&amp;sr=8-1\"><i><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Blockchain and Web3<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u201d (among 2024 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/whatis\/feature\/5-must-read-blockchain-books-for-2021\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">\u201csix must-read blockchain books\u201d by TechTarget<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">). He has been frequently interviewed by CNBC and Bloomberg TV and quoted by major financial media including WSJ, Reuters, and Financial Times.<a name=\"_Hlk134019485\"><\/a> <a name=\"_Hlk184370159\"><\/a>He was selected a 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and <a name=\"_Hlk184370571\"><\/a>in 2014 he received the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.nyu.edu\/news\/winston-ma-receives-distinguished-alumni-award\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">NYU Distinguished Alumni Award<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Winston Ma, CFA &amp; Esq., is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global AI-digital economy.\u00a0He is a partner of Dragon Global, an AI-focused family office, and he is also the Executive Director of Global Public Investment Funds Forum\u00a0(GPIFF)\u00a0and an Adjunct Professor (on Sovereign Investors)\u00a0at New York University (NYU) School of Law. 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