Tianqiao Chen

Tianqiao Chen co-founded the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute with his wife in 2016. He is also the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Shanda Group. Widely recognized as one of the most innovative entrepreneurs globally, Tianqiao has been credited with pioneering the online game industry and the online literature industry in China. Since 1999, three of Shanda Group’s subsidiaries were listed on NASDAQ and one on KOSDAQ. Shanda Group became a global investment company, wholly-owned by Tianqiao and his family, after he took Shanda’s parent company private in 2012.