John H. Lin

Chairman

An engineering graduate from Cornell University at age 20, John was determined to pursue his passion in trading, and moved to Chicago to work from the bottom as a clerk in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Within a year he was sponsored for a coveted seat and began trading independently in the currency pits and thus began his international career in London, Tokyo, and now Singapore. In 2006 he founded Grasshopper, and built it into a successful, private, high-frequency trading firm with a significant presence in many global exchanges.

John’s passion for teamwork, culture, and innovation makes him an inspiring mentor and visionary thinker. With equal zeal, John kite surfs, golfs, and plays baseball.  While thankful for all the experience and acumen his careers have provided in the past, John is determined to influence a better future as he is unsatisfied with the current paradigm.

Tan T. Kiang

CIO

TK has over 20 years of experience in the trading technology industry from literally programming the first market-making programs, to overseeing the building of large-scale software and high-frequency trading ecosystems for major investment banks.

Spending significant time in the USA, Japan and Singapore, TK is a multi-lingual and multi-cultural architect that easily switches gears between technologists, traders, entrepreneurs and corporate suits.  He regularly engages with major exchanges, corporate leaders, regional regulators, and is often an expert panelists at global conferences on trading, technology and HFT.

TK comes from a family of world class athletes and is a single-digit golfer and avid practitioner of meditation, where crystal branches of possibilities drive him on to make the next great thing a reality- and his track record is impeccable!

James Leong

CEO