# Kyna Fong

> Kyna Fong is the co-founder and CEO of Elation Health, which she started with her brother Conan in 2010. Born and raised in Edmonton, she helped run her father’s business as a teenager, graduated from Harvard at 19 with degrees in applied mathematics and computer science, earned an economics PhD at Stanford, and joined Stanford’s economics faculty. Her earlier life also includes a 2001 national collegiate table tennis championship and leadership roles in the sport. Her public writing emphasizes listening to users and testing ideas in the settings where they will be used.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Elation Health
- **Organizations:** Elation Health, Stanford University, National Collegiate Table Tennis Association
- **From:** Edmonton, Canada
- **Education:** AB in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Harvard University, SM in Computer Science, Harvard University, PhD in Economics, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** 2001 national collegiate women’s table tennis singles champion., Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for undergraduate research at Harvard in 2003., Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2003** — Listed as NCTTA treasurer; also served as New England division director in 2000-2002.
- **2001** — Won the national collegiate women’s table tennis singles title.
- **2003** — Graduated from Harvard at 19 with an AB and SM; received the Hoopes Prize and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
- **2007** — Co-authored a working paper on repeated games and imperfect private monitoring with Yuliy Sannikov.
- **2008** — Became an assistant professor of economics at Stanford.
- **2008-2010** — Held an RWJF research fellowship while on leave from Stanford.
- **2010** — Co-founded Elation Health with older brother Conan Fong.
- **2013** — Co-authored Markov-Perfect Network Formation with Robin S. Lee.
- **2023** — Included in Inc.’s Female Founders 200 list.
- **2026** — Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Bay Area finalist; Elation acquired Aster in June.

## Achievements

- 2001 national collegiate women’s table tennis singles champion.
- Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for undergraduate research at Harvard in 2003.
- Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard.
- Co-founded Elation Health in 2010.
- Inc. Female Founders 200 honoree in 2023.
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Bay Area finalist.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on the Empowered Patient Podcast to discuss Elation’s AI product approach.
- **2026-06** — Elation announced its acquisition of Aster, bringing co-founders Fifi Kara and Lailah Kara-Newton and CTO Nacho Vazquez into the company.
- **2026-04** — EY US named Fong a finalist for its 2026 Bay Area Entrepreneur Of The Year award.

## Links

- Website: https://www.elationhealth.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kynafong

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Last updated: 2026-10-21