Rich Tong has spent three decades at the forefront of every major tech wave, from the PC revolution to mobile, cloud, and now AI.

At Microsoft, Rich helped turn Excel from an underdog into a global powerhouse and later steered flagship products like Windows NT, SQL Server, and Exchange, scaling enterprise revenues from $49M to $12.5B.

After Microsoft, Rich co-founded Ignition Partners and Qiming Venture Partners, two venture firms now managing over $11B with early bets on giants like DocuSign and Xiaomi.

Today, he’s helping lead TNE.ai, building enterprise AI platforms powered by the latest in large language models.