Yat Siu

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 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.

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

He has received several awards including the DHL SCMP Business Awards[7] and the Talent Unleashed Awards[8] and has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow as well as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is nominated among the "Cointelegraph Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain in 2021".[9] 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. http://www.hkbusinessawards.com/winner-archive/2009
  8. "Talent Unleashed Awards 2016 - Asia Pacific Region 簡介". Talent Unleashed. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  9. https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain/yat-siu
  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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