Overview
Fritz Demopoulos has been involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures over the past three decades. He is a long-term resident of Hong Kong with his Hong Kong-born spouse (Cornell 1997) and two daughters. He co-founded Qunar, one of China’s largest online travel marketplaces. Qunar listed on the NASDAQ in 2013 before merging with Ctrip in 2015. He also co-founded Shawei, China’s largest online sports media company. Shawei was acquired by an affiliate of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa. Fritz coordinates his business activities through Hong Kong-based Queen’s Road Capital. He is an investor in a number of travel, digital media, and e-commerce companies. He is a Senior Advisor to KKR and was also a member of the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is also a trustee of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, the Asia Society in New York, and Jazz at Lincoln Centre. A native of Southern California, Fritz earned an MBA at UCLA and a BA at California State University, Fullerton. He was a Visiting Fellow at MIT and studied at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
