X. Rick Niu, Nexus Worldwide, LLC

X. Rick Niu is Founder & CEO of Nexus Worldwide, LLC

A global business entrepreneur and financial industry executive for nearly three decades, Rick specializes in principal investing in the U.S. and across Asia, as well as leading multinational businesses in developed and developing economies. Having held top management position at AIG, ING, and C.V. Starr, he also advises world leaders, Fortune 500 CEOs, major asset owners, and prominent private families on 21st-century forces with worldwide impact, such as artificial intelligence, China, and new globalization.

A civic leader in Asian-American belonging and prosperity,  Rick has been involved in numerous efforts helping to develop the next generation of U.S.  leadership and actively advance constructive U.S.-Asia relations. Rick is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and the Committee of 100. He also serves as a Founding Advisory Council Co-Chair of the Asian American Foundation. He was on the board of Junior Achievement of New York.

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Rick earned a B.S. from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He also attended INSEAD’s Senior Executive Leadership Program in Paris and Singapore.