Mengyue (J.P.) Li | Co-Chairman
Meridian Universal Health Group Inc. / Wharton Alumni Angels

Mengyue (J.P.) Li – Biography With domestic and international experience across higher education, banking, healthcare, and venture capital (VC) & private equity (PE), J.P. embarked on his first entrepreneurial journey by acquiring and scaling a local business in Houston, Texas. Under his leadership, the company grew from eight to over forty employees, achieving a sevenfold increase in revenue within two years with divisions in building materials distribution and real estate. As a VC-backed founder, he successfully exited the business through an acquisition. Subsequently, as Founder & CEO of Meridian Universal Health Group Inc., he secured a substantial capital commitment for a cross-border fund while leading the hospital infrastructure division in developing and acquiring specialized cancer hospitals in P.R. China and overseeing the corporate venture capital division with $105 in assets under management in commercializing innovations from U.S. universities and hospitals. He currently serves as a Statewide Specialty Counselor (Research/Manager) at the NJ Small Business Development Center (NJSBDC) State Office at Rutgers Business School. Beyond his academic and professional endeavors, J.P. has actively contributed to research, education, and industry thought leadership. He serves on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Council at Rowan University and a Mentor of SCORE (U.S. SBA Resource Partner) in which he mentors startup founders and small business owners through one-on-one coaching, and has held roles such as Keynote Speaker for International Business at Trinity University, Research Fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, Keynote Lecturer for the Wharton Global Investment Competition, Lecturer for the Penn Vice Provost for Student Engagement, Guest Lecturer at Pratt Institute, and Professor (Honorarium) at Rowan University. His industry engagement includes serving as a Jury Member for the Global Startup Awards, a Judge for the Philadelphia Regional Tech Startup World Cup Pitch Competition hosted by the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, and an Abstract Reviewer for ISPOR Europe 2025, evaluating research in health economics, and speaking at various industry & academic conferences. As a civic leader with a strong record of community service locally and internationally, he previously served as President and Board Director of the U.S.-China Educational, Economic, & Cultural Foundation and as a board member of other domestic and international non-profit organizations, earning multiple awards and recognition at the city, congressional, and global levels. J.P. holds a BBA in Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Houston and a Master in Law from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, receiving The Matt Parker Award for ranking first in his class. At Penn, he also served as Guest Lecturer for the upper-level law course Comparative Health Law Systems, and an Investment Associate at the Penn Med-Wharton Fund for Health, a $5M investment vehicle addressing the social determinants of health. He is also a Doctoral Candidate in Finance at Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick. Selected among the top 8% of 3,500+ emerging managers worldwide in the VC Lab Premier Accelerator Program to launch an ethical venture capital firm, he graduated from Cohort 16 (top 2%) and is also an alum of the Venture Cooperative program and the inaugural business fellow cohort at Perplexity AI. He is also an active member of Wharton Alumni Angels, Angel Capital Association, CFA Society of New York, and the American Society of International Law (paper presenter on global health law panel during the 2025 midyear research forum), and is a Level II Candidate in the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Program.