James Hong (entrepreneur)

James Hong
Bornc. 1973 (age 52–53)
California, United States
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
OccupationsEntrepreneur, angel investor
Known forCo-founding the website Hot or Not
For the actor, see James Hong.

James Hong is an American entrepreneur and angel investor, best known as the co-founder of Hot or Not, a photo-rating and dating website that launched in October 2000. The site allowed users to upload photographs to be rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and became one of the most visited websites of the early 2000s. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has cited Hot or Not as a key inspiration for YouTube's early development.

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