Portrait of Tianqiao Chen

Rank #2844

Tianqiao Chen

Net worth $1.3B

Online games · China

Born
May 16, 1973
Age
53
Source
Online games
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
China
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Fudan University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Chen Tianqiao is the founder, chairman and CEO of Shanda Investment Group, founded in 1999 by Chen and his family.
  • Chen is credited with having pioneered and built the online game industry and the online literature industry in China.
  • Chen stepped down as CEO of Shanda Interactive Entertainment in 2012 and then took the company private.
  • Chen and his wife Chrissy are active philanthropists, supporting research programs on brain science. Chen commits $1 billion to support global research on the human brain.
  • Chen cofounded Gestala, China's First Ultrasonic Brain Computer Interface Company in January 2026.

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