Early Life
K. P. Chen was born in Dantu, Jiangsu province in China in 1880. He was born into a family with little education. He caught the attention of compradores of a foreign firm who decided to sponsor his education in America. He graduated in 1909 with a BSc. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
After graduation, as part of the sponsorship agreement, he worked as an intern in an American bank for a year. He then returned to China where he joined the Nanyang Quanyehui (the Nanjing South Seas Exhibition, imperial China’s first attempt to join the great European powers in hosting an international exposition, which showcased to the world both China’s modernization and her cultural heritage).
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