Anna Fang (investor)
Anna Fang | |
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| Other names | Fang Aizhi |
| Education | 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]
Biography[edit]
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]
Fang is considered one of the most influential angel investors in China.[12][13][14][15]
Fang sits on the board of Columbia Global Centers, East Asia.[16][17] She is a recipient of Columbia College's John Jay Award in 2022.[3]
Personal life and family[edit]
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]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Fang-Hamm". Concord Monitor. October 10, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "Anna Fang CC'04". Columbia College Alumni Association. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Anna Fang". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ a b c "Where angels tread". chinadailyhk. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "A who's who of women leaders in China's technology industry". South China Morning Post. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Capital, TrueBridge. "The Midas List 2022: Return Of The Top Female Investors". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ KONRAD", "REBECCA SZKUTAK AND ALEX. "Midas Seed 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "The Midas List 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Flannery, Russell. "China Lands 17 Members On The 2022 Forbes Midas List". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Anna Fang". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ 'Social Commerce' Is Most Interesting Segment in China, ZhenFund CEO Says, retrieved 2022-04-17
- ^ "How Women Won a Leading Role in China's Venture Capital Industry". Bloomberg.com. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ ""二代"方爱之终成真格基金C位|界面新闻 · JMedia". www.jiemian.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "方爱之：真格基金的传奇投资人，福布斯排行榜唯一的中国区投资人_天使". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Anna Fang-Hamm | Columbia Global Centers". globalcenters.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Women on top: 12 stellar venture capitalists to watch in 2021". au.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.