Shaun Rein is the managing director of the China Market Research Group (CMR), the world's leading strategic market intelligence firm focused on China.
Before CMR, he was the chief of research for venture capital firm Inter-Asia Venture Management. He also was the managing director, country head China for e-learning software company WebCT where he also ran the company's Taiwan and South Korean operations. He also served as the assistant director of the Centre for East Asian Research at McGill University.
He is a columnist for BusinessWeek's Asia Insight column. He is regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, The Economist, The Financial Times, Newsweek International, Dow Jones' MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Investor's Business Daily, International Herald Tribune, Barron's, and the New York Times.
He is regularly interviewed by American Public Radio's Marketplace and NPR. He frequently appears to deliver commentary on Bloomberg TV and CNN International TV.
He earned his graduate degree from Harvard University focused on China's economy and received a BA Honours from McGill University. He can be reached at srein@researchcmr.com.