Ken Kam, founder and CEO of Marketocracy has more than 20 years of investment experience and holds a B.S. degree in finance from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Prior to building Marketocracy, Kam was the co-founder of a medical device company, Novoste Corporation, successfully developing and selling an FDA approved cardiac catheter. He then co-founded and became CEO of Firsthand Funds where he was co-portfolio manager of the Firsthand Technology Value Fund.

At Marketocracy, Kam’s approach began with the premise that investment skill is rare and that portfolio managers should have to prove themselves before being allowed to manage other people's money.

Over the last decade, Kam has built Marketocracy's investment farm system in which prospective money managers must prove themselves by managing model portfolios.

Marketocracy’s premiere online trading simulation creates and fosters an equal opportunity community where people develop and hone their investment skill without putting any client assets at risk. This investment farm system has produced an investment team that Forbes has called the next generation of Warren Buffetts.