Jason Tan
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Venture Consultant |
| Location | Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Introduction | Jason Tan is a young Manila-based entrepreneur who has founded two businesses so far - one in food (something to do with mangoes) and one in retail (something to do with toys). He's also a writer for several leading Philippine newspapers and magazines. He is currently participating in the Chartered Financial Analyst program in an apparent attempt to achieve schizophrenia. |
| Interests | pop art, the human enhancement divide, movies, music, books, business plans, finance, travel, economics, the open source movement, indie games, emerging markets, 3D printing, designer toys, photography, design, carbon credits, robots, alternative energy, cloud computing |
| Favorite Movies | 2046, Garden State, Cries and Whispers, Fallen Angels, City of God, 8 1/2, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Magnolia, Mulholland Drive, Memento, The Silence of the Lambs, The Proposition |
| Favorite Music | Taken by Cars, Tool, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Beth Orton, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Tricky, Tori Amos, Kathleen Edwards, Joseph Arthur, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Portishead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Death Cab for Cutie, The Coup, Rilo Kiley, TV on the Radio, Metric |
| Favorite Books | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Never Let Me Go, Madeleine Is Sleeping, Omnivore's Dilemma, A Clockwork Orange, Jude the Obscure, White Teeth, The Beach, Fight Club, Turn of the Screw, Hamlet, The Bell Jar, The Tipping Point, High Fidelity, Complications, The Noonday Demon, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea |