Neil Shen or Nanpeng Shen
Sequoia Capital founded in 1972 in Silicon Valley, USA.
1984 bought voting machine business AVM Corporation. Re-organized as Sequoia Voting Systems
Certified for use in several states in 1986 and 1987, and with sleek new packaging, it went to market as the Sequoia AVC Advantage DRE voting machine in 1990
March 8, 2005, Sequoia acquired by Smartmatic, which had developed advanced election systems & voting machines. Smartmatic revamped some of Sequoia’s legacy voting machines, replacing their technology with avant-garde proprietary features and developments, which resulted in new, high-tech products. As a result, Sequoia sold many new-generation election products and experienced a healthy financial resurrection during the fiscal years of 2006 and 2007.”
(https://www.smartmatic.com/us/about/our-history/), in 2000, “Smartmatic was founded in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.”; in 2004, “Our HQ moves to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.”; and in 2012, “We open our new HQ in London”. The company’s president, CEO, and other executives are of Venezuelan background.
WikiLeaks:
“they have a list of about anonymous 30 investors. Jose Antonio Herrera, Anzola’s father-in-law (and first cousin to Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States Bernardo Alvarez), told poloff in 2004 the silent partners were mainly upper class Venezuelans, then-Defense Minister Jose Vicente Rangel, whom Chavez later promoted to Vice President. Vice President’s daughter, Gisela Rangel Avalos, Chavez political mentor Luis Miquilena was also a shareholder in the company.”
“The identity of Smartmatic’s true owners remains a mystery. There are probably several well-known Venezuelan businessmen backing the company who prefer anonymity either because of their political affiliation or, perhaps, because they manage the interests of senior Venezuelan government officials.”
November 2007 CFIUS DISALLOWED SALE
Smartmatic ownership structure was a mystery, and the U.S. government ordered the sale of the Sequoia voting business that it purchased because it was considered a Venezuelan company that posed a threat to the national security of the U.S. According to Wikipedia[5],
Smartmatic made differing statements saying that they were either American or Dutch based, the United States Department of State stated that its Venezuelan owners “remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados. The New York Times states that “the role of the young Venezuelan engineers who founded Smartmatic has become less visible” and that its organization is “an elaborate web of offshore companies and foreign trusts”BBC News states that though Smartmatic says the company was founded in the United States, “its roots are firmly anchored in (Venezuela)” Smartmatic maintains that the holding companies in multiple countries are used for “tax efficiency”. Smartmatic was ordered to sell Sequoia, which it did to its Sequoia managers having U.S. citizenship.
April 2008, … Court documents reveal Smartmatic maintaining some control. In accordance to the acquisition contract, Smartmatic also retains ownership of intellectual property rights for some of Sequoia’s currently deployed election products in the United States, and holds the right to negotiate overseas non-compete agreements.
June 4, 2010 Dominion Voting Systems, a previously little-known Canadian company engaged in manufacturing electronic voting hardware and optical scanners, acquired Sequoia Voting Systems.
Feb. 2014 Sequoia filed a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.
Neil Shen’s influential power in Manhattan and political influential power in the United States is large, it is said that Wendi Deng introduced Kushner to Ivanka. But Neil Shen’s influence on Kushner, Ivanka, and President Trump is far greater than any Deng’s. What can you do? But Neil Shen holds a Chinese passport, not an American passport. He can get a US passport a thousand times, but he doesn’t want it. One of the bosses in the Silicon Valley, Thomas, and including Eric Schmidt of Silicon Valley, and Zuckerberg, all of them, when meeting with Neil Shen, are like running dogs with no chance to raise their voice. https://gnews.org/302123/