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Jason L. Ma
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Short Bio:
Jason Ma is Founder and CEO of ThreeEQ, and Chief Business Officer and an investor at AdXero. At ThreeEQ, he is an award-winning Chief Mentor of Next Gen Leaders and a senior advisor and rainmaker to select UHNW families, enterprises, and single family offices.
Ma guides Next Gens, parents, CEOs, and senior leaders to prepare well and achieve great outcomes with well-being across key life-stage goals. These include elite university admissions, next-level leadership and career advancement, and succession planning.
At high-stakes inflection points, he helps leadership teams gain faster clarity, tighter alignment, and access to key decision-makers to move major initiatives forward, including strategic partnerships, capital paths, and major dealmaking.
At AdXero, Ma is co-building a patented applied AI/tech venture creating a new category in a $700B+ legacy industry, currently operating with a low public profile by design. A long-standing B20/G20 voice across 11 G20 presidencies, he is an acclaimed author, keynote speaker, and forum chair.
Full Bio:
Jason Ma is Founder and CEO of ThreeEQ, and Chief Business Officer and an investor at AdXero. Based in Silicon Valley, he is an award-winning Chief Mentor of Next Gen Leaders, senior advisor and rainmaker, and AI/tech entrepreneur and investor. He is also a long-standing B20/G20 voice, global business and education leader, and acclaimed author, keynote speaker, and forum chair.
ThreeEQ. As CEO and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ, a family business, Ma guides select private clients — including Next Gens, UHNW parents, CEOs, senior leaders, and entrepreneurs — to achieve next-level success with well-being in Ivy League and elite university admissions, leadership, careers, global business, legacy building, and succession planning. As a senior advisor and rainmaker, he supports select enterprises and single family offices on major dealmaking and complex family, capital, and business decisions.
AdXero. As CBO, Ma is co-building a patented applied AI/tech venture creating a new category in a $700B+ legacy industry spanning consumers, brands, and distribution partners across multiple verticals. AdXero currently operates with a low public profile by design. Across ThreeEQ and AdXero, Ma focuses on advancing innovation, human capital, and long-term value creation for enterprises and families worldwide.
Speaking & Media. Ma is a global speaker and forum chair sought after by organizers of family office and private wealth, AI/tech innovation and investing, geopolitics, leadership, legacy building, Next Gens, education, and corporate events. He is the acclaimed author of Young Leaders 3.0 (book) and the former Forbes contributor on Mentoring Young Leaders (for success in Ivy League/elite college admissions, leadership, and entrepreneurship with ~2M views). His insights have appeared in Forbes, The CEO Magazine, Impact Wealth, Family Office Magazine, Red Hot Monde Magazine, Black Tie Magazine, Fast Company, Wealth-X, WealthBriefing, Agreus, and other publications and media outlets.
Global Industry Experience. With 40+ years across AI/tech, education, media, finance, telecom, and global business—and over two million miles traveled across North and Latin America, Indo Pacific, Europe, and Middle East—Ma brings strategic foresight, cross-border insight, intergenerational perspective, and high-level connections. After early roles including data science at Tymnet and tech sales/marketing at Fujitsu, Ma went on to lead Asia Pacific sales at U.S. tech companies in communications/networking infrastructure and Internet services, and co-founded and exited international fintech, m-/e-commerce, and edtech ventures (including Celcore, iPass, and YeePay). He mentored hundreds of high-achieving students 1:1 at his previous education company IvyMax and now at ThreeEQ, and served as a Thiel Fellowship mentor. Ma was a delegate at the Forbes Global CEO Conference for seven years.
B20 / G20. As a leading member of the B20, the G20’s official global business forum, across 11 G20 presidencies (Australia, Turkey, China, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and South Africa), Ma has helped shape policy recommendations to G20 leaders and governments on the future of work, employment, human capital, skills, and education. He is also an influential voice on AI/tech, trade, and investment. The United States will host the G20 and B20 in 2026.
Philanthropy. Ma serves as a St. Jude/ALSAC Executive Council leading member (since early 2020), and served on the 2026 Legends for Charity Dinner (Super Bowl premier event) Host Committee, benefiting St. Jude. He is a Cal Alumni of Silicon Valley Founding Board member. On faith, he supports C3Milpitas.org, Opportunity.org, TBC.city, FaithDrivenEntrepreneur.org, and other initiatives. He is also a Silicon Valley Community Foundation community partner.
Family & Education. Ma is an inspired parent of two happy, compassionate Gen Z daughters. The Ma family (affectionately, the “MAfia”) values unconditional love, humor, and high standards in what truly matters. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from UC Berkeley College of Engineering.
At a Gala commencing UNGA 2022, Jason Ma was inducted into the League of Gentlemen. In the presence of Heads of UN Delegations, First Ladies, Ambassadors, CEOs, and other VIPs, the event was MC’ed by Fashion 4 Development Founder Evie Evangelou and co-MC’ed by Ma.
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Family Values
In the Ma family (playfully, the “MAfia”), Jason Ma values unconditional love, humor, and high standards in what matters. ThreeEQ, a family business, is built on these values and the following principles:
- Integrity and authenticity
- Client-first mindset—their success is our success
- Compassionate leadership and connection
- Strategic, pragmatic contributions
- Creative, open-minded, and deep thinking
- Lifelong learning and growth
Jason Ma chaired the Family Office & Private Wealth Legacy Summit 2025 by Opal Group and moderated its opening panel, “Bridging Generations—Wealth Transfer Dialogues Between Parents and Heirs,” in the Hamptons. A special moment as his two Gen Z daughters, Sabrina and Lydia, contributed together onstage.
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Faith and Philanthropy
At ThreeEQ, we contribute time, talent, connections, energy, and/or capital to select faith-based and philanthropic causes aligned with our values.
Faith
Grateful for and grounded in God’s Word, Jason Ma supports Christ Community Church in Milpitas (see his baptism on Easter Sunday 2021), Opportunity International, and Transforming the Bay with Christ. He served as a facilitator at Faith Driven Entrepreneur and endorses Faith Driven Investor. Watch Ma on Anchoring Hope Podcast: “Leading Like Christ in Silicon Valley: The Mission Greater Than AI,” and on The Authenticity Journey: “Faith Made Me a Better Father, Husband, Leader, and Human Being.” Enjoy Ma’s personally curated worship playlist. If you’d like encouragement or practical resources for spiritual growth, feel free to contact us.
The B20/G20
As a longstanding member of the B20, the G20’s official global business forum, across 11 G20 presidencies (Australia, Turkey, China, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and South Africa), Ma has contributed policy recommendations to G20 leaders and governments on the future of work, employment, human capital, skills, and education. He also engages on AI/tech, trade, and investment. The United States will host the G20 and B20 in 2026.
St. Jude
As a leading member of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/ALSAC Executive Council, Ma provides strategic guidance and connections with Family Office principals, UHNWIs, Next Gens, and business leaders. He also served on the 2026 Legends for Charity Dinner (a premier event for Super Bowl) Host Committee benefiting St. Jude.
Others
Ma serves as a founding board member of the Cal Alumni of Silicon Valley. As a community partner with a donor-advised fund, he supports Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the largest community foundation in the U.S.

Jason Ma and Steve Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO of Blackstone, at B20/G20 China