Anna Fang (Chinese: 方爱之; pinyin: Fāng Àizhī) is a Chinese venture capitalist. She is the founding partner and CEO of ZhenFund.[1]
Anna Fang | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Fang Aizhi |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
| Title | CEO, ZhenFund |
| Father | Fang Fenglei |
Biography
editFang 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]
Personal life and family
editFang 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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anna Fang". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ '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.