Yat Siu
Yat Siu | |
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| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Occupation | entrepreneur |
| Known for | co-founder of Animoca Brands |
| Website | https://twitter.com/ysiu |
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Yat Siu (Chinese: 蕭逸; born 1973) is a Hong Kong based entrepreneur and angel investor, who was born and raised in Vienna, Austria.
Early years
Yat Siu's mother, who was from Taiwan and was born in Lisbon, Portugal, conducted for an orchestra.[1] 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.[2] He trained specifically in the cello, flute, and piano.[3] According to the South China Morning Post, he "implies he was pushed" into becoming a musician like his mother and father.[4]
Career
His initial job was at Atari Germany.[5][6] Years later Siu became a director and head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.[7]
After moving to Hong Kong, he founded Cybercity,[8] local first internet provider[9] and email provider, in 1996.[10][11][12] The company was later renamed to Freenation, which the South China Morning Post called "Asia's first free web page and e-mail provider".[13]
Yat Siu is also 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 which opened its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong with the assets it acquired from Outblaze. Animoca Brands was worth 2.2 billion dollars in its last funding round.[14]
He is a member of the advisory board of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and on the board of directors for the Asian Youth Orchestra.[15]
References
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- ^ "How Outlbaze outlasted the bubble". 2002-08-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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- ^ "Archived copy". www.afr.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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- ^ "Animoca CEO Yat Siu: Ownership economy 'will be worth trillions'". forkast.news. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.afr.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". www.tatlerasia.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "How internet whizz Yat Siu got an early start". South China Morning Post. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ Yat Siu (Outblaze) at Startup Grind Hong Kong, retrieved 2022-01-13
- ^ "Cyber success - Passion, ambition, drive and luck helped propel Hong …". archive.ph. 2022-01-05. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ Lee, Zinnia. "Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $5 Billion Valuation Amid NFT Mania". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Mr Yat SIU". Social Enterprise Summit. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2022-01-13.