Where does James Fong work?

James Fong is Chief Executive Officer, Jaunt China at Orbit Startups.

Where did James Fong go to school?

James Fong studied at Purdue University (BSAAE, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering); The Wharton School; Rocky Hill High School.

James Fong

Investor

Chief Executive Officer, Jaunt China at Orbit Startups

Bellevue, Washington, United States

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About

Venture partner / expert in residence; CEO of Jaunt China.

Experience

Phoenix Labs AIFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentGreater Seattle Area
Venture MechanicsMentorcurrent2025 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
Orbit StartupsAdjunct Partnercurrent2021 — present
StoryFileInterim Chief Executive Officer and Board Director2023 — 2024
StoryFileAdvisor2019 — 2023
TellusAdvisor & Chief of Staff2020 — 2023
Jaunt China (VR)CEO, Jaunt China2016 — 2019Shanghai City, China
Oriental DreamWorks 东方梦工厂CEO2014 — 2016Shanghai City, China
AmazonDirector of Seller Services and Advertising2012 — 2014beijing
China TongyinManaging Director, TMT Practice2010 — 2011
National Basketball Association (NBA)Managing Director, Strategy and Investments, NBA China2007 — 2010Beijing
MicrosoftGeneral Manager1999 — 2007
Siebel SystemsSr. Product Manager2000 — 2002
United States Air ForceCaptain1989 — 1997

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Strategic Partnerships39

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Colleagues at Orbit Startups

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Program Specialist at Orbit Startups

Aditya Kathpalia

Director of India & MENA at Orbit Startups

Alok Somani

CFO at Orbit Startups

Amani Alshaikhmubarak

Director, Saudi Arabia at Orbit Startups

Ander Gonzalez

Program Specialist at Orbit Startups

Carrie Chang

Finance Manager at Orbit Startups

Chenchen Liu

Assistant General Counsel at Orbit Startups

Ching-Ping Lin

Partner & COO at Orbit Startups

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Fong?: Venture partner / expert in residence; CEO of Jaunt China.
Where does James Fong work?: James Fong is Chief Executive Officer, Jaunt China at Orbit Startups.
Where did James Fong go to school?: James Fong studied at Purdue University (BSAAE, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering); The Wharton School; Rocky Hill High School.

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Also attended The Wharton School2,000

Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round Capital Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Jack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis Ventures Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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Shared employers

Also worked at Amazon1,104

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative Robotics Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative Robotics Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Also worked at National Basketball Association (NBA)33

Ted LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution Mirja HitzemannScaleup Success Manager at Partech Ventures Charlie BuffaVice President, Sales at Mainsail Partners Ian ChiuManaging Partner at Owl Ventures Aaron RyanFounder of Belden Avenue Advisors at 1809 Capital Julia RunyonChief of Staff at Gray Line Partners

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Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at United States Air Force195

Ross Perot Jr.Chairman of The Perot Group at Perot Jain Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado Ventures Kevin MandiaGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures Tidal McCoyChairman at IronGate Capital Advisors Steve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors Forrest UnderwoodVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

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