CEO & Co-Founder at Meridian
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Co-founders at Meridian
Experience
- MeridianCofounder / CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- CanopyCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Scale AIbuilding something cool2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- EncarteCo-Founder2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- DN CapitalInvestor2017 — 2019Menlo Park
- Dartmouth Venture AnalystsFounder2015 — 2017Greater Boston
- Starwood Capital GroupSummer Acquisitions Analyst2016Greenwich, Connecticut
- OpenView Venture PartnersWinter Intern2015 — 2016Greater Boston
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2014Redmond, WA
- DALI LabProject Manager, Back-End Dev2013 — 2014Greater Boston
- Franklin Templeton InvestmentsSummer Research Analyst2013
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Art History2013 — 2017
- The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthTuck Business Bridge Program2014
- Deerfield Academy2011 — 2013
- National Yang Ming University2012
- Taipei American School2001 — 2011
Skills & more
C++JavaBloombergSQLJavaScriptC#Microsoft ExcelResearchLipperChinese
Languages Chinese · English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Ling?
- Founder at Canopy (was Encarte)
- Where does John Ling work?
- John Ling is Founder of Canopy (was Encarte) and CEO & Co-Founder at Meridian.
- What companies did John Ling found?
- John Ling founded Canopy (was Encarte), Meridian.
- Where did John Ling go to school?
- John Ling studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Art History); The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Tuck Business Bridge Program); Deerfield Academy.
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