Before joining Caixin Media, Mr. GAO was Vice President in Dept. of M\&A in CITIC Securities, with transactions involving major international markets in America, Europe, Asia, etc. Before joining CITIC Securities, Mr. GAO worked in the investment banking division of HSBC, covering HK capital market operations and cross-border M\&A transactions.
Mr. GAO holds both MA and BA in Finance from Tsinghua University. He co-founded the "Tsinghua University Centennial Anniversary Class of J12 Alumni Scholarship" in 2011, and was elected as a member of the Alumni Association of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in 2023.
Mr. GAO participated in China in Digits by APEC China Business Council, China M\&A Industry Code of Conduct by CMAA, and China Going Global Observation—Manufacturing | Global Investment M\&A by CGG Think Tank. Mr. GAO also published his own poetry anthology, "The Flavor of the City" in 2014, and finished two online novels, "The Tycoon Banker" and "Ladies in the Throne" .
Mr. GAO is acting as a valued advisor to many world-wide influential think-tanks, including Industry Expert of Digital Economy Committee of APEC, Member of the SCEWC Greater China Advisory Board, Invited Researcher of the China Carbon Neutrality Forum, Independent Board Member of Zhangjiakou News Media Group Co., Ltd, etc..
加入财新传媒前，高先生在中信证券并购部担任副总裁，过往交易涉及美国、欧洲、亚洲等主要国际市场。加入中信前，高先生曾在汇丰银行环球投资银行部从事香港资本市场运作以及跨境并购交易多年。
高尔基先生拥有清华大学金融学硕士和学士学位。 2011年联合发起“清华大学百年校庆经12班校友奖学金”，2023年入选清华大学经管学院校友会理事。
高先生参与编撰了APEC中国工商理事会的《数字上的中国》、中国并购公会的《中国并购行业行为准则》、中国走出去智库的《中国走出去观察——制造业|全球投资并购》等书。 高先生2014年出版了个人首部诗集《城市的味道》，完成了了两部长篇小说《大投行家》和《手游女皇》。
高先生在多家知名机构担任顾问角色，包括：亚太经合组织（APEC）数字经济委员会委员、全球智慧城市大会中国区顾问委员会成员、碳中和50人论坛特邀研究员、张家口新闻传媒集团独立董事等。