Presidents Brief Introduction

Founding and Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital; Co-Founder of Ctrip.com and Home Inns

Neil Shen has been in the Forbes Midas List from 2012 to 2017 as the highest ranking investor from China. He has won numerous awards, including: the “Top Investor” on the ChinaVenture Hurun Midas List 2016; “Best Investor” on the 2016 ChinaVenture - Financial Times China Top Investors List; the “50 Most Influential Business Leaders in China” from 2015 to 2017 and the “30 Most Influential Investors in China” as according to Fortune Magazine in 2015 and 2016; and amongst the “Top 20 Venture Capitalists” according to CB Insights, in partnership with The New York Times, in 2017. He is the Board Chairman of Yale Leadership Center in China, Director of Yabuli China Entrepreneur Forum (CEF), Vice Chairman of VC Funds Committee of Asset Management Association of China, Member of Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, Trustee of Brookings Institution, Trustee of Asia Society, Rotating President of Future Forum in 2016, and Trustee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received Master's degree from Yale University and Bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.