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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: China s top tech dealmaker bao fan goes missing | History Defined

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Bao Fan is known as one of China's most influential dealmakers [File: Bobby Yip/Reuters]

Bao Fan, one of China’s most high-profile investment bankers known for overseeing mergers involving tech giants Didi and Meituan, has gone missing, according to the investment bank he founded.

China Renaissance Holdings Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday that the firm has been unable to reach the billionaire investment banker.

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