JSV Book Club: Apple in China with Patrick McGee

​Join the Jackson Square Ventures Book Club for an evening with Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company.

​This “astonishing” (The Daily Telegraph) and “scrupulously reported” (The New Yorker) book—named a best of the year by both The New York Times and The Economist—uncovers how Apple’s decision to anchor almost 90% of its manufacturing in China transformed global trade, technology, and geopolitics. Drawing from more than 200 interviews, internal memos, and unreported meetings, McGee tells the untold story of how Apple’s reliance on China both fueled its meteoric rise and reshaped the balance of power between the world’s two largest economies.

​The conversation will be moderated by Greg Gretsch, Co-founder and Managing Director of Jackson Square Ventures.

​Evening Schedule:

• ​5:30pm – Social hour with cocktails and hors d’oeuvre

• ​6:30pm – Fireside chat with Patrick McGee and Greg Gretsch

• ​7:30pm – Audience Q&A and book signing (time permitting)

​About the Book:

​“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

​Apple in China takes readers inside the decisions that created the world’s most sophisticated supply chain—and inadvertently gave Beijing new forms of leverage. From the Mormon missionary who launched Apple’s retail presence in China, to the “Gang of Eight” executives tasked with placating Beijing, McGee reveals the hidden stories behind Apple’s global dominance and its uncertain future.