Lin William Cong
President’s Chair Professor, Nanyang Technological UniversityLin William Cong is President’s Chair Professor (Finance, Computing and Data Science) at Nanyang Technological University, where he serves as an associate dean of Nanyang Business School and directs the Global Institute of Finance, Technology, and Society (GIFTS), while on leave from Cornell University where he is the Rudd Family Professor of Management and Finance. He leads multiple research centres or groups globally in both academia and the industry, and advises leading companies in sectors related to AI, FinTech and the digital economy.
Articles by Lin William Cong
Economy
Why hosting US and Chinese AI giants is only step one for Singapore
The American and Chinese AI giants are arriving in Singapore. Whether they lift the whole economy — or merely bid up salaries and leave one day — depends on how deeply they embed themselves into local eco-systems, says academic Lin William Cong.
Lin William Cong
17 Jul 2026