Hillhouse Investment

Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd. is a global private equity firm with an East Asian heritage. Hillhouse was founded by Lei Zhang in 2005 with initial seed capital from the Yale University endowment and invests across East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. Hillhouse has Asian offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai with additional international offices in New York City and London.

Hillhouse's assets under management ("AUM") were US$73.3 billion as of July 2021. In October 2021, Hillhouse raised US$18 billion for its fifth flagship private equity fund, breaking the previous record set by KKR's US$15 billion pan-Asia private equity fund raised that same year.

Hillhouse manages capital for institutional clients such as university endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and family offices. Hillhouse is a long-term fundamental research-driven equity investor, investing in all equity stages in sectors including consumer, healthcare, technology, and financials services.