Shen, Tong, 1968-

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Name (Latin)
Shen, Tong, 1968-
Other forms of name
Shen, Tong
Shen, Tʻung, 1968-
Tong, Shen, 1968-
沈彤, 1968-
Date of birth
1968-07-30
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 73748895
Wikidata: Q7494132
Library of congress: n 90668682
HAI10: 000256507
Sources of Information
  • His Almost a revolution, 1990:CIP t.p. (Shen Tong) galley (b. 7-30-68) pub. blurb (left PRC after Tian. Square massacre, 6-89; now lives near Boston)
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Wikipedia description:

Shen Tong (Simplified Chinese: 沈彤; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Tóng; born 1968) is an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He founded business & Impact accelerators TheFutureCo in 2023, FoodFutureCo in 2015, and Food-X in 2014, recognized by Fast Company as one of "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Food". He was a Chinese dissident who was exiled as one of the student leaders in the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Shen was one of the People of the Year in Newsweek 1989, and he became a media, software, social entrepreneur, and impact investor in the late 1990s. He serves on multiple boards and advisory.

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