James Vena

Background

About James Vena

With over 40 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience, I am the Founder and Chairman of Mamora Bay Holdings, a diversified investment and consulting firm that specializes in private equity and venture capital advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic growth, worldwide. With over a dozen entities in our portfolio, I have a proven track record of founding, developing, and selling successful businesses across various sectors and regions of the globe. As a visionary and business builder, I aim to inspire and influence others with positive change and referent power. I leverage my expertise, education, and skillset to grow and develop both people and their businesses, and to create value for my clients, partners, and stakeholders. I am also widely respected as an authority on U.S-China business relations, international trade and finance, and the author of several books on entrepreneurship, leadership, business and economics and a book on the world of horse racing. I am passionate about mentoring and advising emerging entrepreneurs, students, and professionals, and serving on various boards and organizations. I am an accomplished and highly principled entrepreneurial executive, widely respected as a visionary and business builder with strong leadership qualities. I have founded and successfully developed and sold several businesses over my incredibly rewarding 40-year career. Considered by my peers as an authority on U.S-China business relations (both commercial and political), international trade and finance, my career started in the early 1980's as a trader of commodities in the China market for a well-known, long-established Wall St based firm. Five years later, at just 26, I left the firm and founded Sino American Trading Inc which ultimately morphed into my globally diverse SATCORP Int'l Group. Over the course of the next 20 years, I navigated SATCORP's growth to include having 19 offices in 14 countries with sales exceeding one billion USD. I sold the company in 2006 and took a sabbatical in order to care for my cancer-stricken wife and help raise our children. I un-retired in 2011 and since re-entry, I have successfully developed over a dozen entities globally for my Mamora Bay Holdings, LION Management, and AUTUS Capital Partners.