Anna Fang | |
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Other names | Fang Aizhi |
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Columbia University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
Title | CEO, ZhenFund |
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Anna Fang ( Chinese: 方爱之; pinyin: Fāng Àizhī) is a Chinese venture capitalist. She is the founding partner and CEO of ZhenFund. [1]
Fang graduated from Westtown School in 2000, [2] then received her BA from Columbia University in 2004 and received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2010. [3] [4] She started her career as an investment banker at JPMorgan after graduating from Columbia before working for a Chinese cultural organization in the United Kingdom. [5] After graduating from Stanford, she started at General Electric China in business development before being approached by her Stanford classmate to help Chinese investor Xu Xiaoping launch a new venture capital fund, now known as ZhenFund. [1] [6]
Fang has funded more than 30 seed-stage startups that have gone on to be unicorns, including the internet platform Xiaohongshu, Horizon Robotics, Huobi, VIPKid, and Nuro. [1] [7] [5]
In April 2022, she was named #1 on Forbes magazine's debut Midas Seed List for "building the world's best seed-stage startup portfolio" and was named #12 on the Midas List, being the highest ranked woman on the list. [8] [9] [10] She appeared on the 2023 Midas List of seed investors (at #2) and top tech investors (at #28), [11] and then again on the 2024 Midas Seed List (#4) and 2024 Midas List: Top Tech Investors (#63). [12]
Fang is considered one of the most influential angel investors in China. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Fang sits on the board of Columbia Global Centers, East Asia. [17] [18] She is a recipient of Columbia College's John Jay Award in 2022. [3]
Fang is the daughter of prominent Chinese investment banker Fang Fenglei, who helped found China International Capital Corporation and served as the Chairman of Goldman Sachs's China division. [5] She married investor Gunther Hamm in Beijing in 2010. [2]
Anna Fang | |
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Other names | Fang Aizhi |
Education |
Columbia University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
Title | CEO, ZhenFund |
Parent |
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Anna Fang ( Chinese: 方爱之; pinyin: Fāng Àizhī) is a Chinese venture capitalist. She is the founding partner and CEO of ZhenFund. [1]
Fang graduated from Westtown School in 2000, [2] then received her BA from Columbia University in 2004 and received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2010. [3] [4] She started her career as an investment banker at JPMorgan after graduating from Columbia before working for a Chinese cultural organization in the United Kingdom. [5] After graduating from Stanford, she started at General Electric China in business development before being approached by her Stanford classmate to help Chinese investor Xu Xiaoping launch a new venture capital fund, now known as ZhenFund. [1] [6]
Fang has funded more than 30 seed-stage startups that have gone on to be unicorns, including the internet platform Xiaohongshu, Horizon Robotics, Huobi, VIPKid, and Nuro. [1] [7] [5]
In April 2022, she was named #1 on Forbes magazine's debut Midas Seed List for "building the world's best seed-stage startup portfolio" and was named #12 on the Midas List, being the highest ranked woman on the list. [8] [9] [10] She appeared on the 2023 Midas List of seed investors (at #2) and top tech investors (at #28), [11] and then again on the 2024 Midas Seed List (#4) and 2024 Midas List: Top Tech Investors (#63). [12]
Fang is considered one of the most influential angel investors in China. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Fang sits on the board of Columbia Global Centers, East Asia. [17] [18] She is a recipient of Columbia College's John Jay Award in 2022. [3]
Fang is the daughter of prominent Chinese investment banker Fang Fenglei, who helped found China International Capital Corporation and served as the Chairman of Goldman Sachs's China division. [5] She married investor Gunther Hamm in Beijing in 2010. [2]