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Neil Shen
Neil Shen (Chinese: 沈南鹏; pinyin: Shěn Nánpéng) is a Chinese billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is the founding and managing partner of HongShan (HSG), formerly Sequoia Capital China, which became independent from Sequoia Capital in 2023. He previously co-founded Ctrip.com (now Trip.com Group) and Home Inn.
He is the most successful venture capital investor in China, according to Forbes and the Financial Times.
As of September 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.8 billion.
Shen was born in Haining, Zhejiang, in 1967. He grew up in Shanghai and attended Shanghai No. 2 High School, where he was called a math prodigy. He then attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Afterwards, he moved to the United States and attended the Yale School of Management, graduating with a master's degree in management in 1992.
After graduation, Shen worked for Citibank in the United States for two years. In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong to work as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers. In 1996, he joined Deutsche Bank as director of China capital markets.
Shen left the banking sector and in June 1999 and co-founded Ctrip.com, one of China’s first online travel brands and booking sites, along with James Liang, Min Fan, and Qi Ji. Shen served as president and CFO of Ctrip, and oversaw the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq in 2003.
In 2002, Shen co-founded Home Inn as a subsidiary of Ctrip; it went public as a separate company in 2006.
In 2005, Shen co-founded Sequoia China with Zhang Fan under the guidance of Sequoia Capital partners Michael Moritz and Douglas Leone. Shen was given full autonomy and led Sequoia China to make successful investments in companies including Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, JD.com, and Pinduoduo.
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Neil Shen
Neil Shen (Chinese: 沈南鹏; pinyin: Shěn Nánpéng) is a Chinese billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is the founding and managing partner of HongShan (HSG), formerly Sequoia Capital China, which became independent from Sequoia Capital in 2023. He previously co-founded Ctrip.com (now Trip.com Group) and Home Inn.
He is the most successful venture capital investor in China, according to Forbes and the Financial Times.
As of September 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.8 billion.
Shen was born in Haining, Zhejiang, in 1967. He grew up in Shanghai and attended Shanghai No. 2 High School, where he was called a math prodigy. He then attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Afterwards, he moved to the United States and attended the Yale School of Management, graduating with a master's degree in management in 1992.
After graduation, Shen worked for Citibank in the United States for two years. In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong to work as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers. In 1996, he joined Deutsche Bank as director of China capital markets.
Shen left the banking sector and in June 1999 and co-founded Ctrip.com, one of China’s first online travel brands and booking sites, along with James Liang, Min Fan, and Qi Ji. Shen served as president and CFO of Ctrip, and oversaw the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq in 2003.
In 2002, Shen co-founded Home Inn as a subsidiary of Ctrip; it went public as a separate company in 2006.
In 2005, Shen co-founded Sequoia China with Zhang Fan under the guidance of Sequoia Capital partners Michael Moritz and Douglas Leone. Shen was given full autonomy and led Sequoia China to make successful investments in companies including Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, JD.com, and Pinduoduo.