LittleSis: Kenneth Fong

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. President, Kenson Ventures, LLC (2000- ) Founder and CEO, Clontech Laboratories (1984-1999) B.S. in biology, San Francisco State University (1971) Ph.D. in molecular biology and microbiology, Indiana University (1977)

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Steven Westly	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy, Edwin Chau, Otto Lee
A Jerrold Perenchio	Evan Bayh, Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell, Leo T McCarthy
Leo Hindery Jr	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Mitch McConnell, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy
Mark Gorenberg	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, David Wu, Bill Bradley, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, John Garamendi
Charles Woo	Mike Honda, David Wu, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, 80-20 PAC, Judy Chu, Edwin Chau
Richard N Goldman	Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell, Jackie Speier
F Warren Hellman	Evan Bayh, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell, Jackie Speier
Robert N Klein	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Bill Bradley, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy
John Koza	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Bill Bradley, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy
Stephen J Luczo	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Bill Bradley, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, Jackie Speier
James M Copeland	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, Jackie Speier, John Garamendi
Frank Baxter	Evan Bayh, Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Mitch McConnell, Democratic National Committee, Jackie Speier, John Garamendi
Angelo K Tsakopoulos	Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy
John T Chambers	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Mitch McConnell, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell
Richard M Rosenberg	Mike Honda, Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell
Martin A Harmon	Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy, Judy Chu
Donald G Fisher	Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell
Stephen M Silberstein	Evan Bayh, Mike Honda, David Wu, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Judy Chu
Thomas Pritzker	Evan Bayh, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell

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Common Recipients

Steven Westly

Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Democratic National Committee, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy, Edwin Chau, Otto Lee

A Jerrold Perenchio

Evan Bayh, Mitch McConnell, Bill Bradley, Pete Wilson, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, Tom Campbell, Leo T McCarthy

Leo Hindery Jr

Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Mitch McConnell, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, John Garamendi, Leo T McCarthy

Mark Gorenberg

Evan Bayh, Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, David Wu, Bill Bradley, Democratic National Committee, Tom Campbell, John Garamendi

Charles Woo

Mike Honda, David Wu, Democratic National Committee, Matthew K Fong, 80-20 PAC, Judy Chu, Edwin Chau