Sequoia will still stand tall in China after VC firm's breakup

With split, Neil Shen faces less regulatory risk on both sides of the Pacific

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Neil Shen's extraordinary success can be partly explained by Sequoia Capital's hands-off approach to its China operations. © Reuters

Henny Sender is a strategic consultant to financial services companies and was previously a managing director at investment company BlackRock and a correspondent for the Financial Times.

In 2015, Neil Shen, co-founder of the online travel company now known as Trip.com Group, held a party in a park on the outskirts of Beijing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sequoia China, which he had set up as a local offshoot of a storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

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