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Tao Zhang
Co-Founder - Dao Foods
A Co-Founder of Dao Foods International, Tao is also Founder and Managing Director of Dao Ventures, a cross-border impact investment, advisory and accelerator group whose China Impact Fund (CIF) was considered China’s first impact fund specializing in supporting environmental SMEs.
Prior to this, he was the Global COO of New Ventures, the center of environmental entrepreneurship at the World Resources Institute, where he led the organization’s office in Washington, D.C. and helped its local centers in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, and Mexico double their collective investments to nearly $400 million within two years.
Tao also has extensive investment and operational experiences in the telecom and high-tech sector, through roles as assistant president of Asia-Pac at Convergys and leadership roles in strategic venture investments in Asia at Verizon. Tao began his career as a European Union economic affairs correspondent with China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency and also advised Chinese government entities on international economic and commercial policies.
He received a B.A. from Beijing Foreign Studies University, an MBA from Wake Forest University, and an MPA from Harvard University as a Mason Fellow.
