Martin Yang

About Martin Yang

Martin is the Founder and CEO of Kong Jia Jun Kiln, LLC, a U.S-based art & luxury goods company with a mission to engage global consumers on the most illustrative and spectacular Chinese artworks and foster a thorough understanding and a genuine appreciation of Chinese art and culture.Prior to founding Kong Jia Jun Kiln, LLC, Martin worked in investment banking for ~4 years and advised TMT, consumer & retail, healthcare, and industrial companies on M&A and private placement transactions spanning across North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, Martin was recruited as an experienced deal professional by PerkinElmer for its corporate investments and divestitures during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the consummation of multiple transformative deals for the company.Martin received full scholarships from Allegheny College and University of Richmond to complete his undergraduate studies in business and finance. Before immigrating to the U.S. in 2011, Martin was a professional table tennis player in China for 4 years and later became an entrepreneur at the age 16 to trade and export garments.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Kong Jia Jun Kiln, Llc

   Mar 2020 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Kong Jia Jun Kiln, LLC is an independent, U.S-based art & luxury goods company that educates, inspires, and engages global consumers on the most illustrative and spectacular Chinese artworks, while promoting cultural exchanges and mutual understanding between the Western world and China.More than five thousand years of Chinese civilization have bred multifarious cultural treasures, artistic techniques, and handcrafted artworks that are unimaginable to the modern world. Fortunately, a significant part of such intangible cultural heritage is protected and passed on to the current generation of Chinese artisans. They are leveraging the reserved techniques handed down by their ancestors, along with present-day technologies, to create modern art pieces raising to a new level in terms of texture, appearance, cultural connotation, and practical function. Due to language, logistics, and trade barriers, the most exemplary Chinese artisanal handicrafts in different art categories have not been accessible to foreign markets. Outside China, from typical consumers to art collectors, people are predominantly exposed to mass-produced Chinese art items or counterfeits that intentionally imitate the ancient characteristics of “the so-called Chinese antiques”, thus compromising the artistic quality and obscuring the real Chinese art and culture.At Kong Jia Jun Kiln, LLC, we strongly feel the need to build a sustainable channel and a platform for global consumers to uncover and enjoy extraordinary modern artworks from China. The company was founded to capitalize the untapped market of contemporary Chinese arts with extraordinary craftsmanship and foster a thorough understanding and a genuine appreciation of Chinese culture by spreading the unique charm of Chinese traditional crafts to the world. Starting with Jun porcelain, Kong Jia Jun Kiln, LLC will gradually roll out other categories of breathtaking Chinese artworks to the global markets.

Education

• University of Richmond - Robins School of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration; Finance

• Allegheny College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science; Economics; Communication Arts

Skills

• Research Information
• Financial Analysis
• American English
• Financial an
• Bloomberg Terminal
• Time Management
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Project
• Mandarin
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel