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'''Yat Siu''' ({{lang-zh|蕭逸}}; born 1973 in [[Vienna]]) is a [[Hong Kong]] based [[entrepreneur]] and angel investor<ref>https://www.openwebcollective.com/podcast/episode/51e2c92c/from-programmer-to-entrepreneur-and-blockchain-gaming</ref> who was born and raised in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. His initial job was at [[Atari]] Germany.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whyte |first=Jemima |date=2021-11-26 |title=If you haven't heard of this $2.2b crypto co-founder you soon will |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/if-you-haven-t-heard-of-this-2-2b-crypto-co-founder-you-soon-will-20211103-p595ph |newspaper=[[Australian Financial Review]] |accessdate=2021-12-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230115501/https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/if-you-haven-t-heard-of-this-2-2b-crypto-co-founder-you-soon-will-20211103-p595ph |archivedate=2021-12-30 }}</ref><ref name="Davis2012-10-06">{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Chris |date=2012-10-06 |title=Cyber success - Passion, ambition, drive and luck helped propel Hong Kong technology pioneer Yat Siu to the top, writes Chris Davis |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/141C2A5D087AD660&f=basic |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2022.01.05-103556/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/141C2A5D087AD660&f=basic |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref> Siu's next job was at Lexicor, a Boston graphics software company, where he became a director and led the company's [[East Coast of the United States]] division.<ref name="Davis2012-10-06"/> After moving to Hong Kong, he founded Cybercity, an internet and email provider, in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |date=2021 |title=Yat Siu |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/yat-siu |magazine=[[Tatler]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105095710/https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/yat-siu |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2101469/internet-whizz-yat-siu-programming-13-and-landing|title=How internet whizz Yat Siu got an early start|date=2017-07-06|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Yat Siu (Outblaze) at Startup Grind Hong Kong|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWz2sKtYWY|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> The company was later renamed to Freenation, which the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' called "Asia's first free web page and e-mail provider".<ref name="Davis2012-10-06/> He is the CEO and Founder of the game-company [[Outblaze]] and co-founder of [[Animoca]] and [[Animoca Brands]]. In 2009 he sold a part of his business to IBM's Lotus Software Division<ref name="Gartner Outblaze will help IBM Target SMBs">{{cite web| url = https://www.gartner.com/doc/861112| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212060139/https://www.gartner.com/doc/861112| archive-date = 2013-12-12| title = Outblaze Hosted E-Mail Buy Will Help IBM Target SMBs}} </ref> which opened its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong<ref name="IBM Opens Hong Kong's First Cloud Computing Lab">http://www1.investhk.gov.hk/success-stories/ibm-opens-hong-kongs-first-cloud-computing-lab/</ref> with the assets it acquired from [[Outblaze]]. [[Animoca Brands]] was worth 2.2 billion dollars in its last funding round.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2021/10/21/hong-kong-blockchain-game-maker-animoca-hits-22-billion-valuation-amid-nft-mania/?sh=5d8555bb1248|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Nikkei Asia|language=en-GB}}</ref>
'''Yat Siu''' ({{lang-zh|蕭逸}}; born 1973) is a [[Hong Kong]] based [[entrepreneur]] and angel investor<ref name=":0">https://www.openwebcollective.com/podcast/episode/51e2c92c/from-programmer-to-entrepreneur-and-blockchain-gaming</ref> who was born and raised in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=":0" /> His initial job was at [[Atari]] Germany.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Whyte |first=Jemima |date=2021-11-26 |title=If you haven't heard of this $2.2b crypto co-founder you soon will |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/if-you-haven-t-heard-of-this-2-2b-crypto-co-founder-you-soon-will-20211103-p595ph |newspaper=[[Australian Financial Review]] |accessdate=2021-12-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230115501/https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/if-you-haven-t-heard-of-this-2-2b-crypto-co-founder-you-soon-will-20211103-p595ph |archivedate=2021-12-30 }}</ref><ref name="Davis2012-10-06">{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Chris |date=2012-10-06 |title=Cyber success - Passion, ambition, drive and luck helped propel Hong Kong technology pioneer Yat Siu to the top, writes Chris Davis |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/141C2A5D087AD660&f=basic |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2022.01.05-103556/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/141C2A5D087AD660&f=basic |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref> Siu's next job was at Lexicor, a Boston graphics software company, where he became a director and led the company's [[East Coast of the United States]] division.<ref name="Davis2012-10-06"/> After moving to Hong Kong, he founded Cybercity, local first internet provder<ref name=":1" /> and email provider, in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |date=2021 |title=Yat Siu |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/yat-siu |magazine=[[Tatler]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105095710/https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/yat-siu |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2101469/internet-whizz-yat-siu-programming-13-and-landing|title=How internet whizz Yat Siu got an early start|date=2017-07-06|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Yat Siu (Outblaze) at Startup Grind Hong Kong|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWz2sKtYWY|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> The company was later renamed to Freenation, which the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' called "Asia's first free web page and e-mail provider".<ref name="Davis2012-10-06/> He is the CEO and Founder of the game-company [[Outblaze]] and co-founder of [[Animoca]] and [[Animoca Brands]]. In 2009 he sold a part of his business to IBM's Lotus Software Division<ref name="Gartner Outblaze will help IBM Target SMBs">{{cite web| url = https://www.gartner.com/doc/861112| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212060139/https://www.gartner.com/doc/861112| archive-date = 2013-12-12| title = Outblaze Hosted E-Mail Buy Will Help IBM Target SMBs}} </ref> which opened its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong<ref name="IBM Opens Hong Kong's First Cloud Computing Lab">http://www1.investhk.gov.hk/success-stories/ibm-opens-hong-kongs-first-cloud-computing-lab/</ref> with the assets it acquired from [[Outblaze]]. [[Animoca Brands]] was worth 2.2 billion dollars in its last funding round.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2021/10/21/hong-kong-blockchain-game-maker-animoca-hits-22-billion-valuation-amid-nft-mania/?sh=5d8555bb1248|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Nikkei Asia|language=en-GB}}</ref>


Yat Siu's mother, who was from Taiwan, [[conducting|conducted]] for an [[orchestra]].<ref name="Scott2001-05-27">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Jason |date=2001-05-27 |title=Time tight for Outblaze chief; Despite a couple of false starts, hard work has quickly established wunderkind as a local Internet heavyweight |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13272C01965CA3D0&f=basic |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2022.01.05-104414/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13272C01965CA3D0&f=basic |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref> His father, who was born in Hong Kong, first was an instrumentalist and then became a businessman. He studied at the [[Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.today/eiRpz|title=How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble - Businessweek|date=2013-01-18|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> He trained specifically in the cello, flute, and piano.<ref name="Scott2001-05-27"/> According to the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', he "implies he was pushed" into becoming a musician like his mother and father.<ref name="Scott2001-05-27"/>
Yat Siu's mother, who was from Taiwan and was born in Lisbon, Portugal, [[conducting|conducted]] for an [[orchestra]].<ref name="Scott2001-05-27">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Jason |date=2001-05-27 |title=Time tight for Outblaze chief; Despite a couple of false starts, hard work has quickly established wunderkind as a local Internet heavyweight |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13272C01965CA3D0&f=basic |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |accessdate=2022-01-05 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2022.01.05-104414/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13272C01965CA3D0&f=basic |archivedate=2022-01-05 }}</ref> His father, who was born in Hong Kong, first was an instrumentalist and then became a businessman. He studied at the [[Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.today/eiRpz|title=How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble - Businessweek|date=2013-01-18|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> He trained specifically in the cello, flute, and piano.<ref name="Scott2001-05-27"/> According to the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', he "implies he was pushed" into becoming a musician like his mother and father.<ref name="Scott2001-05-27"/>


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Revision as of 08:54, 12 January 2022

Yat Siu
Born1973
Vienna, Austria
Occupationentrepreneur
In this Chinese name, the family name is Siu (蕭).

Yat Siu (Chinese: 蕭逸; born 1973) is a Hong Kong based entrepreneur and angel investor[1] who was born and raised in Vienna, Austria.[1] His initial job was at Atari Germany.[2][3] Siu's next job was at Lexicor, a Boston graphics software company, where he became a director and led the company's East Coast of the United States division.[3] After moving to Hong Kong, he founded Cybercity, local first internet provder[2] and email provider, in 1996.[4][5][6] The company was later renamed to Freenation, which the South China Morning Post called "Asia's first free web page and e-mail provider".[3] He is the CEO and Founder of the game-company Outblaze and co-founder of Animoca and Animoca Brands. In 2009 he sold a part of his business to IBM's Lotus Software Division[7] which opened its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong[8] with the assets it acquired from Outblaze. Animoca Brands was worth 2.2 billion dollars in its last funding round.[9]

Yat Siu's mother, who was from Taiwan and was born in Lisbon, Portugal, conducted for an orchestra.[10] His father, who was born in Hong Kong, first was an instrumentalist and then became a businessman. He studied at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.[11] He trained specifically in the cello, flute, and piano.[10] According to the South China Morning Post, he "implies he was pushed" into becoming a musician like his mother and father.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.openwebcollective.com/podcast/episode/51e2c92c/from-programmer-to-entrepreneur-and-blockchain-gaming
  2. ^ a b Whyte, Jemima (2021-11-26). "If you haven't heard of this $2.2b crypto co-founder you soon will". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  3. ^ a b c Davis, Chris (2012-10-06). "Cyber success - Passion, ambition, drive and luck helped propel Hong Kong technology pioneer Yat Siu to the top, writes Chris Davis". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  4. ^ "Yat Siu". Tatler. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  5. ^ "How internet whizz Yat Siu got an early start". South China Morning Post. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  6. ^ Yat Siu (Outblaze) at Startup Grind Hong Kong, retrieved 2019-09-09
  7. ^ "Outblaze Hosted E-Mail Buy Will Help IBM Target SMBs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
  8. ^ http://www1.investhk.gov.hk/success-stories/ibm-opens-hong-kongs-first-cloud-computing-lab/
  9. ^ "Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  10. ^ a b c Scott, Jason (2001-05-27). "Time tight for Outblaze chief; Despite a couple of false starts, hard work has quickly established wunderkind as a local Internet heavyweight". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  11. ^ "How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble - Businessweek". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2019-09-09.



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