Talk:Peng Zhao

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I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Citadel LLC, I'd like to add the following to the end of Zhao's Career section.

In 2019, Zhao was named on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list.^[1]

NinaSpezz (talk) 15:33, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Citadel Securities, I'd like to remove Peng’s birth year from the info box as it is incorrect and lacks a supporting citation.

NinaSpezz (talk) 21:47, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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Hi. I have a few changes to suggest to the page, adding some new information to keep the article current.

• At the end of the "Education" section please add the following sentence:

In May 2022, he was a guest speaker at the UC Berkeley Statistics Commencement.^[1]

• Beneath the "Career" section please create a new section called "Boards and other memberships" and add the following content to the new section:

He serves on the board of trustees for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago^[2] and is a director of the National Committee on U.S. China Relations.^[3] He is a founding board member of the non-profit advocacy and anti-discrimination group The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), established in 2021.^[4][5][6]

• In the "Philanthropy" section, in the first sentence, after the word "wife" please add the name "Cherry Chen".
• Also in the "Philanthropy" section, please add a new paragraph after the first sentence with the following content:

The couple also supports Kartemquin Films, a non-profit documentary filmmaking organization, in its efforts to fund filmmakers from the AAPI community through the Peng Zhao and Cherry Chen Fund for AAPI Voices.^[7][8] The couple were co-executive producers of the award-winning documentary "Finding Yingying", which was released by Kartemquin Films.^[9] Zhao and Chen also fund the Victor Wong Fellowship, a program associated with Chicago's Second City, to train and mentor aspiring comedians from the AAPI community.^[10][11] Peng and other founding board members of TAAF committed $125 million to support AAPI organizations and causes at launch. According to the New York Times, it was the single largest philanthropic gift devoted to Asian Americans.^[4]

Thank you. Cduffymul (talk) 14:52, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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Hi. It just came to my attention that the last sentence in the Philanthropy section is not true, and also is not verified by the source provided. Since this is a BLP, I hope that the sentence can be removed as soon as possible. I am pinging Castncoot who made the edit in May 2023. The sentence which should be removed is as follows:

In 2023, after moving to the Citadel office in Midtown Manhattan, Zhao began donating to New York City-based civic and charitable causes.

In addition, the last phrase in the introduction is also incorrect, is not sourced, and should be removed. Please delete "and is based in New York City." Thanks so much for your consideration. Cduffymul (talk) 17:20, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi. I have two edits for this edit request; both are updates to keep the article current.

• In the Career section, please add the following sentence to the very end of the third paragraph (last paragraph.)

Between 2017 when Peng was appointed CEO, until 2023, the firm grew from 300 employees to over 1,600.^[1]

• In the Affiliations section, please remove the following phrase and source from the first sentence. Peng is no longer a member of the board of trustees of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. You can check here and see he is no longer listed on the board: https://www.msichicago.org/explore/about-us/leadership/board-of-trustees/

serves on the board of trustees for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and

The sentence should now say

He is a director of the National Committee on U.S. China Relations.

Thanks so much, Cduffymul (talk) 23:06, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Partly done The Affiliations section was updated as requested. The change in the number of employees at a company that was not the main subject of the article was not added. Regards,  Spintendo  00:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Spintendo. Thanks for your prompt edit. I wonder if you would reconsider adding the sentence about the increase in the number of employees. If you look at the paragraph this sentence was drawn from, there is a strong implication, made by the source itself, that the increase in the number of employees was due directly to the actions of Peng Zhao. Here is that paragraph:

Ultimately, the decision meant that Griffin — as the owner — picked Zhao to be the person in charge of protecting and expanding much of his empire. The firm had about 300 people the year before Zhao took over. It has almost 1,600 now.

Since, according to the article, Peng Zhao was the company leader that caused the employee growth, my sentence really is about Peng Zhao, and not just about the company. Perhaps a slight re-wording of the sentence would help?

When Peng Zhao was hired, he was put in charge of expanding the company, which grew from 300 to 1,600 employees during the years since he was hired.

Perhaps that would work? Thanks again, Cduffymul (talk) 13:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

@Cduffymul Thank you for your reply and I appreciate your position, but to me, it seems that discussing the increase in employees implies that some benefit was made to the company because of that. There are circumstances where an increased number of employees are hired but the business does not do well. Furthermore, hiring of employees is a process that takes place outside of the office that this individual worked in (as head of the company). The company's HR department presumably had influence in the number of employees it was directed to hire, as their staff are the ones who carried out this change. Surely the suggestion is not that the subject personally interviewed and hired each and every employee that was added to the company. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Regards,  Spintendo  16:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Spintendo. I understand your hesitation about adding the sentence. From the Bloomberg article itself, though, it seems clear to me that Bloomberg believes the expansion of the company was an important contribution that can be attributed to the leadership of Peng Zhao, whether or not he personally hired the additional 1300 employees during his tenure. Thanks again, Cduffymul (talk) 19:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)