Ceci Chan (CC) has 41 years of experience in strategic investments and business development. Her first USD $100 million investment was completed when she was 23. She invests in efficient energy consumption, blockchain technology, and content-creation.
She invests in a private enterprise that collaborates with some of the world’s largest tech companies in reducing energy consumption costs and environmental impact. CC also funded the creation of a tech stack to reach millions of users interested in market predictions.
She uses ACE91 to create film and TV programs that inspire international audiences to increase positive change. In October 2022, ACE91 completed production of “2020: Chaos and Hope,” a feature documentary that examines how the COVID-19 pandemic amplified US systemic inequalities. A film with 9-time Grammy-winning Jazz icon, Wynton Marsalis, is in development. ACE91 leads the creation of a film based on Oxford Prof. Peter Frankopan’s critically acclaimed international best-seller, “The Silk Roads.” She supported PBS’ “Chautauqua at 150,” which features Marsalis’ “All Rise” orchestral piece.
CC is a Vice Chair of Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Dean’s Council, and has supported HKS for over 18 years. She seeded resources for the HKS Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film Research Initiative. She is a member of the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government’s Dean’s Circle. She has supported Facing History and Ourselves since 1998. Additionally, she is an Executive Committee member of the USC Shoah Foundation, which was founded by Steven Spielberg over 30 years ago. She spearheaded the Nanjing Project for the Shoah Foundation, and executive produced “Liberation Heroes,” “The Girl and The Picture,” and “Two Sides of Survival,” award-winning films that aim to reduce global conflicts. She enriches NYU’s African Grove Theater, which reopened in 2023, 200 years after it had been closed. She has worked to reduce racism, hatred, and violence since 1985.