Yat Siu

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Yat Siu
Yat Siu, Chief Executive Officer, Outblaze, Hong Kong - Flickr - Horasis.jpg
Born1973
Vienna, Austria
Occupationentrepreneur
In this Chinese name, the family name is Siu (蕭).

Yat Siu (Chinese: 蕭逸; born 1973 in Vienna) is a Hong Kong based entrepreneur and angel investor[1] who was born and raised in Vienna, Austria. He worked at Atari. He founded an internet provider in Hong Kong.[2][3] He is the CEO and Founder of the game-company Outblaze and co-founder of Animoca and Animoca Brands and has received recognition for his role as an entrepreneur focused on Internet and technology companies in Hong Kong.[4] In 2009 he sold a part of his business to IBM's Lotus Software Division[5] which opened its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong[6] with the assets it acquired from Outblaze. Animoca Brands was worth a billion dollars in its last funding round.[7]

He has received several awards including the DHL SCMP Business Awards[8] and the Talent Unleashed Awards[9] and has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow as well as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[citation needed] He is also a member of the advisory board of BAFTA[10] and a director of the Asian Youth Orchestra. Yat Siu studied at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.openwebcollective.com/podcast/episode/51e2c92c/from-programmer-to-entrepreneur-and-blockchain-gaming
  2. ^ "How internet whizz Yat Siu got an early start". South China Morning Post. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. ^ Yat Siu (Outblaze) at Startup Grind Hong Kong, retrieved 2019-09-09
  4. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/03/01/outblaze-sets-hong-kong-start-up-scene-on-fire/
  5. ^ https://www.gartner.com/doc/861112
  6. ^ http://www1.investhk.gov.hk/success-stories/ibm-opens-hong-kongs-first-cloud-computing-lab/
  7. ^ "Hong Kong blockchain gaming group Animoca Brands claims unicorn status". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  8. ^ http://www.hkbusinessawards.com/winner-archive/2009
  9. ^ "Talent Unleashed Awards 2016 - Asia Pacific Region 簡介". Talent Unleashed. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  10. ^ "BAFTA to Host First Ever Events in Hong Kong". www.bafta.org. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  11. ^ "How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble - Businessweek". archive.is. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

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