Born in January 1974 , graduated from Latrobe University in Australia in 2001 and earned a MBA there. In 1993, he established the biggest beef jerky manufacturing corporation, Hangzhou Greenfull Group and presently he is chairman of Hangzhou Intohotel Group and chairman of Hangzhou Greenfull Group.
On Jan., 7th, 2008, Lin Dong became the key figure of the first issue of the year of the world's most authoratitive magazine, and the second Chinese entreprenure on Forbes after Ma Yun from Alibaba. The magazine viewed the INTOHOTEL model as "one of the most potential business models in the year of 2008 in China". Its prediction reads: Changxiang will bring about a travel management revolution in China.