Biography

Mr Ming Z. Mei is Co-Founder and CEO of GLP, the leading global provider of logistics solutions. The company adopts an ecosystem approach to provide both space and technology-led solutions for its customers.

Ming has built GLP into one of the world’s largest real estate and private equities fund managers, with over US$50 billion of assets under management and a global portfolio of 63 million square meters spread across eight countries. GLP continues to actively explore opportunities to grow the platform in new and existing markets.

Ming sits on the Board of GLP and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Ming received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University School of Business.

Speech Title and Synopsis

Disruptive Innovation - Creating Value From Opportunity

To stay competitive in today's market, companies must continually innovate or they risk being displaced by new technologies, new business models, or new strategies to capture marketplace leadership. GLP, the global leader in logistics solutions, was created in the global financial crisis of 2009. The company anticipated the potential in China for modern logistics infrastructure well ahead of anyone else, allowing GLP to create a dominant position which today is larger than the company's next ten competitors combined.

Hear from Ming Mei, GLP's Co-Founder and CEO as he shares his personal journey and GLP's approach of thinking like a disruptor, always innovating to prepare the company for disruption before it occurs.