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Jing Kuang
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Development and External Relations
BioJing Kuang is a founder and venture capitalist focused on consumer AI.
She is Co-Founder of Cresca, a consumer AI company developing private memory layer for professional relationships. She is also the Founding Partner of Y Plus Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in consumer AI startups at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages. At Y Plus Ventures, Jing backs founders building AI-native products that can reshape how people live, create, connect, learn, and grow.
Before founding Cresca and Y Plus Ventures, Jing served as President and CEO of Yongjia Capital, where she oversaw more than $50 billion in cross-border M&A globally. Her work spanned deal structuring, due diligence, strategic integration, and investment execution across market cycles and geographies.
Jing is deeply engaged in the Stanford ecosystem. She is the Founder and Instructor of the RootedIn VC Fellowship at Stanford, where she teaches venture capital investment, deal sourcing, decision-making, and portfolio management. She also serves as a Teaching Facilitator for Executive Education at the Stanford d.school and has been a Guest Lecturer at the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Peking University. Jing is also President of Stanford GSB Venture Capital Alumni Chapter, and has served as Co-President of Stanford GSB Asian Alumni Chapter and the Investment Committee Member for Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs.
Jing holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Peking University. -
Masashi "Mac" Kubota
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioMasashi "Mac" Kubota is passionate about advancing society & innovating electronics, sympathizing with the corporate philosophy and slogan, sympathizing with the corporate philosophy and slogan, with 19+ years of track record in the electronics components & semiconductors industries across various roles & functions as an investor, scientist, researcher, engineer, professional, manager, and corporate venture capitalist.
He is the Principal at WONDERSTONE Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Murata Manufacturing, the industry-leading manufacturer of electronic components, devices, and integrated modules, which has been transforming electronics from the inside, with product lines of Capacitors, Inductors, Resonators, Filters, Sensors, Batteries, RF switches, Front-end modules, Connectivity modules, etc, with about $90B market cap & $12B revenue.
He is investing in leading startups who change the world & define the next era of Cyber-Physical Systems, across 6 themes : Next-generation communication, Optical & Semiconductors, Space, Robotics, Bioelectronics, and Environment
He is developing and championing the operations of the CVC by executing fund strategy and investment policy, leading investment decision-making (new and follow‑on) through the investment committee, supporting portfolio and CVC staff, and serving as the leadership to external founders, investors, and corporations. He directed 11+ startup investments (Hark, Aliro, Neurophos, Privateer, Lightsynq (acquired by IonQ), Swave, Augmental, Xona, HaiLa, etc.).
Honors & Awards
◦ Rising Stars, Global Corporate Venturing (2026)
◦ President's Award, Murata Electronics North America (2023)
◦ Most Valuable Player, The Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Program, certified program for Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) by Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP) (2018)
◦ 1st Place Winner, The Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Program, certified program for RTTP by ATTP (2018)
◦ President's Award, Silver, ROHM (2010)
◦ President's Award, Gold, ROHM (2008)
◦ Provost's Award, University of Tsukuba (2007)
◦ Scholarship Grant, Japan Student Services Organization (2007)
◦ Outstanding Paper Award, The Japan Society of Applied Physics (2006)
Professional Education
◦ Stanford Executive Program, Flagship program for Senior-level leaders & Executives, earning Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni status (2026)
◦ Ph.D, The University of Tokyo, Engineering (2014)
◦ Master, University of Tsukuba, Engineering (2007)
◦ Bachelor, University of Tsukuba, Engineering (2005)
Publications
◦ 50+ publications, including Nature Publishing Group
◦ 4,030+ total forward citations and 29+ h-index
Patents
◦ 74+ patents filed, 20+ granted
Links
◦ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/masashikubota/
◦ Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3gapThUAAAAJ&hl -
Charles Lee
Moghadam Family Professor, Emeritus
BioCharles M. C. Lee is the Moghadam Family Professor, Emeritus, at the Graduate School of Business (GSB), Stanford University. (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/charles-m-lee)
Professor Lee studies the effect of human cognitive constraints on market participants and other factors that impact the efficiency with which market prices incorporate information. He has published extensively in leading academic journals in accounting and finance on topics that include behavioral finance, market microstructure, equity valuation, financial analysis, quantitative investing, and security market regulation.
From 2004 to July 2008, Dr. Lee was Managing Director at Barclays Global Investors (BGI; now Blackrock). As Global Head of Equity Research and Co-Head of North America Active Equities, he led the firm’s world-wide active equity research team and was jointly responsible for its North American active equity business. During his tenure, BGI had over $300 billion in active equity asset under management. He joined Stanford GSB as Visiting Professor in July 2008 while continuing to serve as an exclusive senior consultant to BGI, and became a full-time faculty member in July 2009.
Dr. Lee has received numerous honors, including the Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Prize, as well as twelve school-wide or national-level Teaching Excellence Awards. Most recently, he was honored with the Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professorship, McMaster University, 2021; Keynote Speaker at the JIAR Annual Conference, 2021; and the Best Paper Award, AAA Spark Conference, Western Regional, 2021. He has been the Presidential Scholar of the AAA, and recipient of the Stanford University Asian American Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievements and Service to the University and to the Asian American Community.
Professor Lee has been Editor or Associate Editor of a number of academic journals, including: The Accounting Review, the Journal of Finance, Management Science (Finance), the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Review of Accounting Studies, and the Financial Analysts Journal. His research has also been featured in such popular media outlets as: the Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio (NPR), the LA Times, Business Week, CNBC, Forbes, Barron's, Worth, Smart Money, and Institutional Investors.
Professor Lee received his BMath from the University of Waterloo (1981), and his MBA (1989) and PhD (1990) from Cornell University. He has been a faculty member at the Michigan Business School (1990-95) the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (1996-2004), and the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (2009-2021). From 1995-96 he was Visiting Economist at the New York Stock Exchange.
Prior to entering academic life, he spent five years in public accounting, the last three in the National Research Department of KPMG, Toronto, Canada. He holds a Certificate in Biblical Studies from Ontario Theological Seminary, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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Yohan Lee
MBA, expected graduation 2026
BioYohan is an entrepreneur and former AI Video Product Lead at TikTok, focused on the intersection of content creation and generative media.
He is passionate about ensuring that creators and everyday users meaningfully benefit from advances in generative AI. At Stanford GSB, Yohan is building AI‑native media networks and platforms centered on creator empowerment and scalable content ecosystems. -
Whitney Legge
Video & Digital Content Producer, Graduate School of Business - Marketing & Communication
BioWhitney Legge grew up in a small town on the coast of Maine and after graduating high school relocated to Guatemala to develop photography programs for at-risk youths. In 2008, Whitney was accepted to the San Francisco Art Institute where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Photography and honored with the John Collier Humanitarian Award. After graduation Whitney helped organize and lead DocuPhoto a public lecture series with acclaimed documentary photographers and filmmakers. She works for The Asia Foundation producing documentary short films. Whitney’s personal photography and films explores themes of family, identity, and social issues such as immigration and poverty.
