John Wu
John Wu is the President of Ava Labs, an Andresseen Horowitz backed technology company building the next generation blockchain platform: Avalanche. A blockchain and technology entrepreneur, he leverages his expertise from over 20 years as a fintech executive and technology investor to create a blockchain-enabled solution for originating, issuing, and trading financial assets. Prior to joining Ava Labs, he was the CEO of the SharesPost Digital Assets Group, enabling compliant token trading of private shares and funds. He also served as the Founder of Sureview Capital, a global hedge fund backed by the Blackstone Group. John began his investment career at Tiger Management, a preeminent hedge fund with $20 billion in assets under management at its peak, before managing a global technology portfolio at Kingdon Capital.
John Wu Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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President
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Analyst
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance
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B.S., Dyson School Applied Economics and Business Management
EARLY CAREER
John builds scalable and disruptive technology businesses. He has worked in the finance and technology industries for over 20 years as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor
He was the CEO of the Digital Assets Group at SharesPost, where he executed the first-ever trade of digital securities where SharesPost was the custodian, alternative trading system, and broker-dealer.
As a Portfolio Manager at Kingdon Capital, he led the venture round for BillMeLater which was later acquired by ebay for over $1B.
He started his career as an Analyst for Tiger Management where he focused on macro, currencies, FX, and derivatives.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
John has been featured or profiled in Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Blockworks, CoinDesk, TechCrunch, and more.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.