Age, Biography and Wiki
Neil Shen was born on 1 December, 1967 in Haining, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, is a Chinese Venture Capitalist. Discover Neil Shen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?
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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur |
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56 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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1 December 1967 |
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1 December |
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Haining, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China |
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China
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Neil Shen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 56 years old, Neil Shen height not available right now. We will update Neil Shen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Neil Shen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Neil Shen worth at the age of 56 years old? Neil Shen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Entrepreneur. He is from China. We have estimated Neil Shen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Entrepreneur |
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Timeline
Neil Shen is a Chinese Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur who is the founding and managing partner of HongShan, formerly known as Sequoia China, the Chinese arm of venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital.
Prior to that, he was a co-founder of two companies, Ctrip.com and Home Inn.
He has been dubbed the most successful early-stage investor in China.
Shen was born in Haining, Zhejiang in December 1967.
He grew up in Shanghai and attended Shanghai No. 2 High School where he was called a math prodigy.
He then attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University where he graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics.
Afterwards, he moved to the United States and attended Yale University, graduating with a master's degree in management in 1992.
After graduation, Shen worked for Citibank in the United States for two years.
In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong to work as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers.
In 1996 he joined Deutsche Bank as director of China capital markets.
Shen left the banking sector and in June 1999 co-founded Ctrip.com with James Liang, Min Fan, and Qi Ji.
In 2002, Shen co-founded Home Inn as a joint venture between Ctrip and the Beijing Tourism Group.
He served as president of the company from August 2003 to October 2005.
He oversaw the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq in December 2003.
In 2005, Shen co-founded Sequoia China with Zhang Fan under the guidance of Sequoia Capital partners Michael Moritz and Douglas Leone.
Shen was given full autonomy and led Sequoia China to make successful investment in various companies such as Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Qihoo 360, DJI, Vipshop.
When managing partner, Douglas Leone retired in 2022 from Sequoia Capital, Shen was considered one of the potential successors.
However the role went to Roelof Botha instead.
Shen did not work as closely with the new leadership and has talked about going independent for years.
In June 2023, Sequoia Capital announced its plans to split into three entities.
Sequoia China led by Shen will be operating independently under the name HongShan, a pinyin romanisation of Sequoia Capital's chinese name, which means redwood.
Shen is married to an investment banker and has two daughters who attended school in Hong Kong.
Shen currently holds Hong Kong citizenship and resides in Hong Kong.
He speaks Mandarin and English.
He also has some proficiency in Cantonese.
Outside Hong Kong, Shen also has a mansion in Hainan where he often invites investors.
Shen is current Chairman of the Yale School of Management Board of Advisors.
It was spun-off from Ctrip as a separate company before its IPO on the Nasdaq in 2006.
Forbes has ranked him first on the Midas List in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023.
In December 2022, Forbes put his net worth at $3.6 billion.
In January 2018, Shen was elected to the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
However, in January 2023, The Information, reported that he was no longer a member as he was not elected for a second term.
In February 2024, it was reported that Shen had acquired permanent residency in Singapore.
