Yong is the Managing Partner of Wisteria Ventures Fund.
He has a 28-year career in international investing and finance in Asia, US and Europe. He serves as advisor to the Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA), the Korean government agency responsible for blockchain policy. He is also a mentor in the Korean Government’s KOCCA program and is advisor to government-incubated technology startups in Korea in AI, fintech and blockchain.
Yong was a co-founder of two investment management firms in Hong Kong, Tandem Investors, a hedge fund, and Qilin Capital, a boutique alternative asset management company. His past positions include Managing Director and Head of Global Equities at Credit Suisse Asset Management where he led a team of portfolio managers based in Zurich, London, Tokyo, and Singapore. He was also Executive Director of TCK in Seoul, a multi-family office managing fund of hedge funds in absolute return strategies, and Senior Advisor at TA Partners, advising large Asian institutional investors. His previous positions include: Managing Director and founding head of international investments at Mirae Asset Global Investments, Head of Institutional Equity Research at Shinhan Securities in Seoul, Senior Analyst covering Asia regional Technology, Internet and Telecom sectors at UBS Investment Bank, Portfolio Manager at formerly MJI (now Aberdeen Standard Asset Management).
Yong is licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) as a Responsible Officer (RO) for Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities. He also qualified for NASD Series 2 and Series 65 in the USA.
Yong received a BA in Asian History with a parallel concentration in Computer Engineering, with a focus on Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence from McGill University (Montreal, Canada), and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago, USA).