Kenneth Fong is Founder and Chairman of Kenson Ventures, a venture capital firm that provides funds and strategic advice to biotechnology start-ups and companies. Prior to Kenson, he founded Clontech Laboratories in 1984, a molecular biology company that grew to 400 employees and posted revenues of $80 million dollars before merging with Becton Dickinson in 1999.

Born in China, Ken received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry at San Francisco State University, five years after emigrating from Hong Kong. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology at Indiana University. Today, he nurtures the emerging biotechnology field here and in Asia by serving on non-profit and university boards and government-sponsored institutes.

Ken has volunteered much of his time and resources to promoting understanding of Asian Americans, including lead support on a PBS documentary on the Chinese American experience during World War II. Ken also supports the 80-20 Initiative, a non-partisan organization whose mission is to win fair representation of Asian Americans in political appointments.

Ken and his wife Pamela are devoted philanthropists, supporting local educational and cultural institutions such as San Francisco State University, the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project and the senior service agency, Self-Help for the Elderly.