# Alfred Chuang

> Alfred Chuang is the General Partner of Race Capital, a San Francisco venture firm investing in Web2 and Web3 infrastructure. Before becoming a VC, he co-founded BEA Systems in 1995 and led it as CEO until Oracle bought it in 2008 for $8.6 billion. Andreessen Horowitz has called him the Silicon Valley CEO's CEO.

- **Role:** General Partner at Race Capital
- **Organizations:** Race Capital, BEA Systems (former), Magnet Systems (former), Sun Microsystems (former), UC Davis Board of Advisors
- **From:** Hong Kong
- **Nationality:** American (born in Hong Kong)
- **Education:** Secondary school, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, B.S. Computer Science, University of San Francisco, M.S. Computer Science (Distributed Data Management), University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Co-founded BEA Systems in 1995; it became the fastest enterprise tech company to reach $1B in revenue, hitting $1.65B at the time of sale., Sold BEA Systems to Oracle in 2008 for $8.6 billion., Named by Andreessen Horowitz as the 'Silicon Valley CEO's CEO'.

## Career timeline

- **1986** — Earned M.S. in Computer Science from UC Davis. Joined Sun Microsystems.
- **1986-1994** — Nine years at Sun Microsystems: software product development, network infrastructure, expanded Sun's business across the Pacific Rim, and ultimately served as Corporate Director and Chief Scientist of Sun Integration Services.
- **1995** — Co-founded BEA Systems.
- **2001** — Became CEO of BEA Systems.
- **2002** — Became Chairman of the Board at BEA.
- **2008** — BEA Systems acquired by Oracle for $8.6 billion.
- **2008** — Founded Magnet Systems, a mobile application server startup. Started angel/venture investing.
- **2020** — Co-founded Race Capital, a Web2/Web3 infrastructure-focused venture firm.
- **2021-2022** — Race Capital closes its second fund at $181M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded BEA Systems in 1995; it became the fastest enterprise tech company to reach $1B in revenue, hitting $1.65B at the time of sale.
- Sold BEA Systems to Oracle in 2008 for $8.6 billion.
- Named by Andreessen Horowitz as the 'Silicon Valley CEO's CEO'.
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.
- CIO Magazine 20/20 Vision Award honoree.
- First-check or early investor in Solana, Databricks, FTX, Slack, and Binance through prior investments and Race Capital.

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — Appeared on CNBC arguing Race Capital remains bullish on Bitcoin and Solana.
- **2022-05** — Headlined the Dubai Future Foundation's 'In Conversation with Alfred Chuang' event.

## Links

- Website: https://race.capital
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alchuang
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/racecapital
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/racevc

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