Chris Wang, Founder of 51WORLD

Latest round: Series F. Chris Wang completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and earned a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

About Chris Wang

Chris Wang completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and earned a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University at 22. To fund his startup ambitions, he built a profitable online poker bot before cofounding Playdom, which was acquired by Disney for $563M. Today, he is an angel investor in companies like Alibaba, JD.com, and The Sandbox.

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