David Wu (born 1970) is co-founder and President of Sports Composite DE, Inc, which launched the online

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website

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in February 2007. Wu and fellow founder

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professor Kent Smetters develop a new way to play fantasy sports, in which team owners control the market for athletes by buying and selling athletes like stockbrokers on a trading floor.

Background

Wu was born in 1970 and lived in

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from 1979 to 2006. Prior to Sports Composite DE, Inc., Wu was the CEO of SportsSE, Inc. He also founded VR One Net and was the general manager at Teltron Computers. David Wu attended the

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as an undergraduate and the University of Pennsylvania's

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program.Financial Magazine Executive Profile
retrieved February 19, 2008 Wu is also serving as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the

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Venture Fund.

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