Liu Chuanzhi builds his Legend abroad

Liu Chuanzhi made his name as one of China's premier technology entrpreneurs, building Lenovo into the world's biggest PC maker and one of the country's few truly global brands.

Now, as we reported in part one, Liu is expanding his Legend Holdings conglomerate beyond the struggling PC business. By teaming up with its three part-owned investment funds  Hony Capital, Legend Capital and Legend Star the group has already dipped its toes into a number of different sectors

These funds have made a big splash in their domestic market. Among the roughly 300 companies Legend Capital has invested in are...