Yat Siu (

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: 蕭逸; born 1973) is a

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-based

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and angel investor, who was born and raised in

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Early years

Yat Siu's mother, who was from Taiwan and was born in Lisbon, Portugal,

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for an

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. 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 The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...

. He trained specifically in the cello, flute, and piano. According to the ''

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'', he "implies he was pushed" into becoming a musician like his mother and father.

Career

His initial job was at

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Germany. Years later Siu became a director and head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice. After moving to Hong Kong, he founded Cybercity, an Internet and email provider, in 1996. The company was later renamed to Freenation, which the ''

'' called "Asia's first free web page and e-mail provider". Yat Siu is also the CEO and Founder of the game-company

Outblaze Outblaze is a technology company that develops and provides digital media products and services including smartphone games and other apps, social media applications, computer and video games, online transaction systems, and web communication softw ...

and co-founder of

Animoca Animoca Brands (Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd) is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded in 2014 by Yat Siu. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from 23 January 2015 to 9 March 2020. Nota ...

and

Animoca Brands Animoca Brands (Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd) is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded in 2014 by Yat Siu. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from 23 January 2015 to 9 March 2020. Nota ...

. 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. He is a member of the advisory board of the

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(BAFTA) and on the board of directors for the

Asian Youth Orchestra The Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) is a youth orchestra composed of musicians from several Asian countries. It was founded by Yehudi Menuhin and Richard Pontzious in 1987, and its first concert took place in August 1990, conducted by Menuhin. Current ...

References

External links

Interview with Yat Siu on Bloomberg
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Forbes article
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Asiaweek article by Yat Siu; Swift & TotalIf you haven’t heard of this $2.2b crypto co-founder you soon will
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