Shen Tong (Simplified Chinese: 沈彤; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Tóng) is
an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He founded business
accelerators FoodFutureCo in 2015 and Food-X in 2014, the latter of
which is recognized by Fast Company as one of "The World's Top 10 Most
Innovative Companies of 2015 in Food". He was a Chinese dissident who
was exiled as one of the student leaders in the democracy movement at
Tiananmen Square in 1989. Shen was one of the People of the Year in
Newsweek 1989, and he became a media, software, social entrepreneur,
and investor in the late 1990s. He serves on the board of Food
Tank.Shen Tong was born in 1968, in Beijing. He studied at Peking
University from 1986 to 1989, and was one of the student leaders
during the 1989 protest in Tiananmen Square. He lives in New York City
along with his son and two daughters. His father and sister Shen Qing
both went to Peking University, and his mother is a medical
doctor.Shen moved from Massachusetts to New York, and since 2000
focused more on creative writing and businesses with impact and
purpose. He founded Food-X and FoodFutureCo in New York City while
collaborating with Dan Barber, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, Michael Moss,
and Michel Nischan. He has several dozen publicly known commercial and
impact investments.He was the founder and president of the now defunct
VFinity, company which made software tools and web applications for
multimedia and multilingual search, media production, archiving, and
media distribution. The founding idea was based on two patents. He is
known for his promotion of "Context Media" partially due to his
keynote speech at a super session of National Association of
Broadcasters in Las Vegas, 2007. He founded the TV production company
B&B Media Production and invested in bookstores and publishing in
Beijing. B&B Media Production had created and produced several highly
circulated and acclaimed TV programs, including the national weekend
primetime show Tell It Like It Is during its first season.
an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He founded business
accelerators FoodFutureCo in 2015 and Food-X in 2014, the latter of
which is recognized by Fast Company as one of "The World's Top 10 Most
Innovative Companies of 2015 in Food". He was a Chinese dissident who
was exiled as one of the student leaders in the democracy movement at
Tiananmen Square in 1989. Shen was one of the People of the Year in
Newsweek 1989, and he became a media, software, social entrepreneur,
and investor in the late 1990s. He serves on the board of Food
Tank.Shen Tong was born in 1968, in Beijing. He studied at Peking
University from 1986 to 1989, and was one of the student leaders
during the 1989 protest in Tiananmen Square. He lives in New York City
along with his son and two daughters. His father and sister Shen Qing
both went to Peking University, and his mother is a medical
doctor.Shen moved from Massachusetts to New York, and since 2000
focused more on creative writing and businesses with impact and
purpose. He founded Food-X and FoodFutureCo in New York City while
collaborating with Dan Barber, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, Michael Moss,
and Michel Nischan. He has several dozen publicly known commercial and
impact investments.He was the founder and president of the now defunct
VFinity, company which made software tools and web applications for
multimedia and multilingual search, media production, archiving, and
media distribution. The founding idea was based on two patents. He is
known for his promotion of "Context Media" partially due to his
keynote speech at a super session of National Association of
Broadcasters in Las Vegas, 2007. He founded the TV production company
B&B Media Production and invested in bookstores and publishing in
Beijing. B&B Media Production had created and produced several highly
circulated and acclaimed TV programs, including the national weekend
primetime show Tell It Like It Is during its first season.
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