James CHOU

James Chou is CEO of Microsoft for Startups Shanghai where he leads the effort within Microsoft to scale up the business for some of the best and most innovative startups in China by providing unprecedented access to top Microsoft partners and customers, venture capitalists, and technical knowledge.  Through the acceleration, he helped his portfolio companies raising hundred of million dollars and increased their valuation more than 300% in average in only 4 months to 7 billion dollars.   He has more than 20 years experiences in TMT space in China and US.   Before joining Microsoft, he was a serial entrepreneur and a venture investor.   He has founded or co-founded three high tech companies in China.   Previously, he served senior management positions at AsiaInfo and UTStarcom, the first 2 NASDAQ listed Chinese technology companies.  Prior to that, He worked product management, sales, and engineering roles at Hewlett Packard and NEC in Silicon Valley for 7 years.   James holds a MBA from Santa Clara University and BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston.