12 Facts About Simon Tian

Simon Tian was born on February 24,1994 and is a Canadian businessman, inventor, entrepreneur and investor.

Simon Tian is the founder and chief executive officer of Fonus and Neptune.

Simon Tian is a 2015 Thiel Fellow, having been awarded $100,000 by PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel through the Thiel Foundation, and was named one of the top 30 Quebecers under 30 by Les Affaires in 2014.

Simon Tian was born to Chinese Canadian parents in Montreal, Quebec, in 1994.

Simon Tian was raised in Brossard, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, and attended secondary school at Jean de la Mennais College, a French-speaking school in La Prairie, Quebec.

Simon Tian is a classically-trained pianist, having won first place in piano performance at the Canadian Music Competition twice, in 2004 and 2008, at ages 9 and 13.

Simon Tian started Neptune, a wearable technology company, in January 2013, while he was 17 and still studying at Marianopolis College, in Westmount, Quebec.

Simon Tian received more than 20,000 orders for the device in a few weeks.

In November 2015, Simon Tian was invited by the Mayor of Montreal Denis Coderre to attend the 2015 Montreal Trade mission to China as one of the city's representatives.

Simon Tian initially launched a single monthly prepaid plan, providing users with up to 5G speeds of unlimited data, unlimited calls and texts to over 50 countries worldwide, and free roaming in the United States, Canada and Mexico at $30 per month.

In May 2024, Simon Tian announced a strategic partnership between Fonus and Tata Communications, leveraging Tata's proprietary platform to expand and streamline Fonus' wireless coverage worldwide.

In March 2025, Simon Tian launched wireless plans on Fonus with expanded coverage in over 100 countries worldwide, up from 55 countries previously.