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Kin Lai Monita Au

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Kin Lai Monita Au is Ascend Capital Partners’ founder and chairwoman. A Hong Kong native, she spent nine years at Arthur Andersen in New York before establishing her own accounting firm there in 1992. She founded Ascend in Beijing in 2002 and subsequently co-founded Best Genetics Group with her husband to improve livestock health and food safety. Older own articles call the same founder Monita Mo, while Aiforia’s 2021 offering circular identifies her as Monita Au Kin Lai. These are qualified founder-name variants, not separate investor records; her current own role is chairwoman, while Jerry Hong is CEO.