To Yao Ming， whether shooting shots from the three-point line or running a privately-offered fund is more difficulty is still a question. But one thing beyond all doubt is that this Little Giant without his uniform has obviously transformed from a star basketballer into a new businessman.

對于姚明而言，不知道在三分線開外投籃得分和執(zhí)掌一只私募基金相比，哪個更難。但有一點毋庸置疑，這位脫下戰(zhàn)袍的小巨人儼然從一名巨星球員成功蛻變?yōu)樯探缧沦F。

Testing the Water for Finance， Expanding Investment Territory

It has already been more than a year since Yao Ming retired on July 20， 2011. This Optimus Prime who once dominated the basketball court has silently expanded his investment territory to financial industry. Early before his retirement， Yao Ming participated in establishing the Huangshan Equity Investment Fund Management Co.， Ltd （Huangshan Fund for short）. And he has taken over the Chongqing Yufu Hongyuan Equity Investment Fund Management Co.， Ltd （Hongyuan Fund for short） in June， 2011. The former aims at sports industry as its main investing orientation， and the latter keeps a foothold in Chongqing， endeavoring in capital operation of the local state-owned enterprises. It is reported that the general mass of these two funds will run up to about 6.6 billion yuan.

Having taken over Hongyuan Fund， the first mission Yao Ming will confront is to accomplish the raising， and the scale for the first raising funds is 300 to 500 million yuan. Last October， Yao Ming appeared in Chongqing to meet a sequence of important businessmen， paving the way for his settlement in Chongqing.

The Gorgeous Turn from Basketballer to Business-man

From all the roles Yao Ming plays， businessman is without doubt the most popular one which people take delight in talking about. From opening Yao Restaurant and investing 3 million dollars in Top100.cn in 2006， to taking 675 thousand capital stock in UniStrong by 1 yuan per share and participating in California Fitness Club which has a total investment of 30 million yuan in 2007， to purchasing Oriental Big Shark Basketball Club with 20 million yuan in 2008， and to establishing wine company and having a hand in privately-offered fund once again in 2011， people seem to have no idea to guess what the next investment this 2.29-meter Little Giant will choose. In terms of his investing orientation， Yao Ming’s investing foresight and degree of specialization is higher and higher.

Compared with his senior Li Ning， Yao Ming is more distinctive. He doesn’t has his own brand， but he has a great knowledge of capital operation. He is not a business college student， but he has a professional team mapping out strategies for him. If Li Ning’s success represents the conventional business mode， Yao Ming’s success highlights the power of capital.

試水金融擴展投資版圖

距離2011年7月20日姚明退役已有一年多了，這位曾統(tǒng)治球場的擎天柱已悄然將自己的投資版圖延伸至了金融行業(yè)。早在他退役前，姚明就參與了黃杉股權(quán)投資基金管理有限公司（下稱“黃杉基金”）的籌建。而姚明已在2011年6月接手了重慶渝富弘遠股權(quán)投資基金管理公司（下稱“弘遠基金”）。前者以體育產(chǎn)業(yè)為主要投資方向，后者立足重慶，致力于對本地國企的資本運作。據(jù)悉，這兩家基金總規(guī)模將達到約66億元。

執(zhí)掌弘遠基金后，姚明面臨的第一件事情就是要完成募集，首期募集資金的規(guī)模在3億到5億元。去年10月，姚明現(xiàn)身重慶，與一系列商界要人進行會面，為他的落子重慶鋪平道路。

從球員到商人的華麗轉(zhuǎn)身

在姚明的眾多身份中，商人這個角色無疑是最為人們所津津樂道的。從2006年開姚餐廳、出資300萬美元投資巨鯨音樂網(wǎng)，到2007年以每股1元買入67.5萬股合眾思壯股票、參股總投資3000萬元的加州健身俱樂部，到2008年斥資2000萬元買下東方大鯊魚籃球隊，再到2011年創(chuàng)建酒業(yè)公司、二度染指私募基金，人們似乎已無法猜測到這位身高2.29米的小巨人下一個投資會是什么。從他染指的投資路線來看，姚明的投資眼光和專業(yè)化程度已然越來越高。

與他的前輩李寧相比，姚明更為與眾不同。他沒有自己的品牌，但深諳資本運作之道。他非商學院科班出身，卻有一支專業(yè)團隊為他運籌帷幄。如果說李寧的成功代表著傳統(tǒng)的商業(yè)模式，而姚明的成功則彰顯著資本的力量。