On January 12, 2024, Jim Breyer, the founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, and his wife, Angela Chao, CEO of Foremost Group, attended the Los Angeles Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California AFI Awards Luncheon. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, February 17, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Lin Yan) Rescuers revealed that Zhao Anji, chairman of the Chinese shipping company Fumao Group, was involved in an accident around the early morning of February 11. The car was completely submerged in the pond. After being rescued, the rescue operation lasted 43 minutes but was unsuccessful.
CNBC reported on Friday (February 16) that Ben Oakley, director of the Blanco County Emergency Center in Texas, said that emergency personnel received the call just after early morning on Sunday (11th). , went to a private residence in Johnson City for a “water rescue.”
Oakley said ambulances arrived at the scene at 12:12 a.m., where a car was “completely submerged” in a pond with a depth estimated to be between 12 and 15 feet (between 4 and 5 meters). There was only one person in the car.
The person in charge said that rescuers “rescued the woman from the car” and spent “43 minutes” rescuing her, but without success.
Oakley said there was no indication of how the vehicle ended up in the pond.
He followed privacy laws and did not identify the victims. He also declined to say who called rescuers or who owned the property, saying that was information he could not reveal.
According to a statement from the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office obtained by The Epoch Times on Thursday, Angie Zhao died at a private ranch in the county.
“On February 10, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible water rescue incident at a private ranch located within Blanco County territory,” a police statement said. “Upon arrival, Blanco County Police deputies contacted Blanco County EMS The center (EMS) and the fire department together recovered the body of Anji Zhao from the pond in the ranch.
“EMS attempted emergency measures on her, but she died underwater (drowning).
“Our preliminary investigation determined this was an unfortunate accident. The investigation is currently ongoing.”
The Foremost Group is headquartered in New York and was founded by Anji Zhao’s father, Zhao Xicheng. Angie Chao is the youngest of the six daughters of the Zhao family and the sister of former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Senate Minority Leader McConnell is Angie Zhao’s brother-in-law.
Angie Zhao’s husband, James Breyer, is an American venture capitalist and the founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a company headquartered in Austin. Breyer is also a minority owner of the Boston Celtics, according to the Breyer Capital website.
Anji Zhao joined Foremost in 1996 and has taken over the leadership of the company since 2018. She was only 50 years old when she died.
Anji Zhao graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She later established the Mulan Chao and Xicheng Chao Family Scholarships at Harvard College.
Harvard Business School on Friday published a letter from the dean to the Dean’s Advisory Council regarding the death of Angie Chao. The letter said: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Angie Zhao. She has been a valued friend of Harvard Business School for many years, not only serving on the Dean’s Advisory Board with her husband, Jim Breyer, but And also serves on the reunion committee and campaign working group.”
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2024-02-16 22:29:17
