Lihong Wang
FounderFounder at Freeport Markets
New York City Metropolitan Area
FoundedFreeport Markets · YC
About
Lihong Wang previously worked as a trader at Jane Street and IMC, where he developed systematic and discretionary trading strategies in equities and fixed income markets.
Founder at Freeport MarketsYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Lihong went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Freeport Markets's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lihong can intro founders to Freeport Markets's investors below.
Freeport Markets's investors · 3
Co-founders at Freeport Markets
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Bryan ReedFounder
Experience
- Freeport MarketsFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- AnthropicInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Saba Capital Management, L.P.Board Nominee (Activist Slate)2026New York, NY
- IMC TradingQuantitative Trading2024 — 2025Chicago, IL
- Jane StreetQuantitative Trading2023New York, NY
- Akuna CapitalQuantitative Trading2022Chicago, IL
- PowerSecure, Inc.Data Science2021 — 2022Durham, NC
- Duke UniversityAR Development2021Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Duke UniversityTA in Linear Algebra2021Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Duke UniversityTA in Discrete Math2021Durham, North Carolina, United States
Skills & more
Languages Chinese · English
- Securities Trader Representative (Series 57) — FINRA
- Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) — FINRA
From Lihong's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lihong Wang?
- Lihong Wang previously worked as a trader at Jane Street and IMC, where he developed systematic and discretionary trading strategies in equities and fixed income markets.
- Where does Lihong Wang work?
- Lihong Wang is Founder of Freeport Markets.
- What companies did Lihong Wang found?
- Lihong Wang founded Freeport Markets.
- Where did Lihong Wang go to school?
- Lihong Wang studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Statistics); Y Combinator (F25); The Ohio State University (Ross Mathematics Program, Algebra and Number Theory).
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