ZHAO HU

733 W Waveland #2, Chicago, IL 312-848-2731 zhu0@chicagobooth.edu

EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Chicago, IL
Master of Business Administration
September 2013-Present
Concentrations: Finance, Economics
Courses: Advanced Microeconomics, Financial Statement Analysis, Accounting Footnotes
Active member of Investment Management Group, completed Training the Street valuation programs
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Ames, IA
Bachelor of Science
September 2002 - May2007
Double Major in Finance & Management Information Science
Awarded International Student Merit-based Scholarship; enrolled in Honors Program; elected VP of the
International Student Council

EXPERIENCE
MORNINGSTAR
Chicago, IL/Hong Kong/Shenzhen, China
Equity Analyst, Asia Pacific Materials and Energy
December 2009 Present
Led a team of four stock analysts and two interns in conceptualizing and creating companys first emerging
market Equity pick-list; pick-list outperformed benchmarks such as MSCI China Index Fund and Shanghai
Composite by 39.4%, 32.1% since inception
Launched institutional research coverage on 35 largest materials and industrials companies with total market
cap exceeding $110 billion; expanded previous coverage by 250%
Directed the financial and business due intelligence team on 2 NASDAQ IPOs; presented recommendations
and advised worlds largest asset managers against participating in these IPOs that subsequently decline 80%
Authored a contrarian research paper that challenged consensus opinion on economic impacts of rising wages,
declining export and aging population; invited to present research at the 2nd World Moneyshow in Shanghai
Created copper, coal and cement supply and demand models and economic indicators database
GRC Bank
Guangzhou, China
Associate
March 2009 - November 2009
Ranked top 5% in performance assessment among 214 associates during rotational assignments with
commercial lending, risk management and retail banking departments
HNI CORPORATION (World 2nd Largest Furniture Manufacturer, NYSE: HNI)
Muscatine, IA
Financial Analyst
January 2008 December 2008
Executed 3 new product launches, total revenue ranked largest in company history, as the lead financial
analyst;
presented scenario and make vs. buy analyses to President and CFO; projects saved 150 manufacturing jobs
from offshoring to China and contributed $8 million dollars in economic profit
Strategic Procurement Manager (Promoted within 6 months)
June 2007 January 2008
Led internal consulting team of industrial engineers and supply chain analyst in outsourcing 45 different low
value-add products; improved assembly line workers productivity by 20% and earned each worker additional
$600 in performance bonus

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Publication: Fulltime financial columnist for the Popular Finance Magazine; Co-authored Are most-admired
companies worth investing? published in the Fortune Magazine (Oct. 2010 and 2011)
Interest: Value investing, registered 20 hours of flying Cessna-175 air plane
Film: Starred in Oceans Away, a documentary of triumphs and struggles of Chinese students in America
produced by the Oscar-winning producer Mark Harris; show aired on CCTV China with 500 million viewers