After a century, looking at a starr in the making

Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China's reform and openingup policy. China Daily profiles people who experienced or witnessed the important drive.

CEO built on founder's early success in Shanghai to grow a global insurance and investment company

World War I had just ended, and like most people, Cornelius Vander Starr had little money. Yet he used what he had to travel to China and start a small insurance company.