我听说过有风险资本家离开原有公司后跳槽到另一家公司、转换职业道路或“为了和家人共度更多时间”，最后一种往往是被解雇的婉语。

    但我从未听说过一个风险资本家放弃一切，冲动地去私奔。但中国鼎晖创投的创始人王功权看来就是这么干了。

    王功权近日通过新浪微博发布了下述信息：“各位亲友，各位同事，我放弃一切，和王琴私奔了……没法面对大家的期盼和信任，也没法和大家解释。叩请宽恕……有太多不能再履行的会议约定或各种责任承诺，不便开机一一道歉。至于被大家谩骂谴责致身败名裂，我无所谓。”

    在这之前，王功权曾在微博中给王琴发出一系列的公开信息。据报道，王琴是江苏中孚科技实业集团的创始人(注：王琴这个名字也曾出现于一宗广受关注的互联网诈骗案中)。哦，我提到过王功权早就是已婚人士了吗？

    报道称鼎晖创投正在试图安抚紧张的有限合伙人，因为王功权曾是鼎晖创投的关键人物。还有人猜测这可能是一种宣传噱头，但让人搞不懂的是为何一位成功的风险资本家希望引来这样的负面关注。

    在2005年创立鼎晖创投前，王功权曾是IDG Technology Venture Investment的普通合伙人。

    I've heard of VCs leaving their firms to join other firms. Or leaving to pursue an alternate career. Or leaving "to spend more time with his family," which usually is polite code for being terminated.

    But I've never heard of a VC getting up, giving up everything and impulsively eloping with his mistress. But that's what appears to have happened with Wang Gongquan, founder of China-based CDH Ventures.

    Gongquan uses a Chinese micro-blogging service called Weibo, on which he recently posted the following messages: "Relatives, friends and fellow colleagues, I have given up everything and eloped with Wang Qin... I cannot face all your expectations and trust, don't know how to explain. Beg your forgiveness… There are so many appointments and responsibilities that I cannot make, so I will not turn on my mobile phone just yet. I don't care if my reputation is ruined."

    This apparently followed a series of public messages to Wang Qin, who reportedly is the founder of Jiangsu Zhongfu Science and Technology Industrial Group (note: Wang Qin also is a name used in a popular Internet scam). Oh, did I mention that Gongquan was already married?

    Reports out of China suggest that CDH is trying to calm nervous limited partners, since Gongquan was listed as a key man. There also is a bit of speculation that this is some sort of publicity stunt, although it is entirely unclear why a successful VC would want such unflattering attention.

    Prior to founding CDH Venture in 2005, Gongquan was a general partner with IDG Technology Venture Investment.