Speaker and Coach
San Eng
I speak and coach, selectively, for boards, CIOs and investors, East and West. Thirty years investing across 15 countries. Teaching is learning, and coaching is my way of giving back to the community.
Talks on
Chairman, WorkOptional. Lectures at Wharton alumni events.
Every talk connects to East/West AIpha, the WorkOptional briefing for investors.
Watch San
San on life in 10-year chapters, financial independence, and coaching the next generation.
Signature talks
Two core talks on East/West AI and investing, the heart of WorkOptional, plus talks on parenting and startups.
East x West AI: Making the Two AI Worlds Work Together
Outside China, half the AI revolution is invisible.
What each side is building, from DeepSeek, Qwen and Kimi to the Western leaders, and what it means for capital. Audiences leave able to make the two AI worlds work together.
The heart of East/West AIpha, the WorkOptional briefing that helps investors read both AI worlds.
Greed vs Fear: Both Sides of the Table
Buyers and sellers feel the same greed and fear. Discipline decides who comes out ahead.
San has raised $250M+ as a founder and deployed $500M+ as an investor, so he has felt greed and fear from both chairs. He pairs that view with the discipline behind The Ten Commandments of Investing, a WSJ and USA Today best seller. Audiences leave with a discipline for decisions made under greed and fear.
The investor discipline WorkOptional brings to AI era markets in East/West AIpha.
San also speaks on
Earn the Puppy: Raising Kids Who Can Stand on Their Own
San grew up in New York's Chinatown with parents in garment factories and won a scholarship to Exeter. He shares practical ways to raise kids who earn their wins and stand on their own, and why kids can tell when a win was bought for them.
Building and Backing Founders in the AI Era
What founders need from backers and what backers look for in founders, now that AI changes the cost of building. Founders and investors leave speaking the same language.
Short bio for programs and introductions
San Eng is Chairman of WorkOptional.ai and co-author of The Ten Commandments of Investing, a WSJ and USA Today best seller. He teaches in Waterloo's AI-CTO Program with Prof. Felix Arndt. He has invested across 15 countries for thirty years.
Featured talks, lectures and podcasts
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Talks and coaching are education only, not investment advice.
