# Jasen Wang (Wang Jianjun): founder, Makeblock

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Founder & CEO of [Makeblock](/companies/makeblock), a Shenzhen-based educational robotics company founded in 2012. Jasen Wang (Wang Jianjun) earned a Master's degree in Aircraft Design from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2010 before founding Makeblock, which makes coding and robotics kits for children worldwide. Makeblock is backed by Sequoia Capital and has grown into one of China's leading STEM-education robotics companies, headquartered in Nanshan iPark, Shenzhen.

- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Makeblock](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/makeblock.md) Founder & CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Foundings (1)

- [Makeblock](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/makeblock.md) founded 2012-01-01 (sole)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Sources (4)

1. https://crunchbase.com
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makeblock
3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2018/07/03/meet-makeblock-a-sequoia-backed-chinese-startup-teaching-coding-and-robotics-to-kids-worldwide/
4. https://nikkeiforum.com/asia2019/eng/speaker14.html


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