Bill Tai is Co-founder Chairman of Treasure Data, a Board Director of Bitfury and Hut8 (TSE:HUT8), and a lead investor in Canva, Cryptokitties, Wish.com and Zoom Video. Early in his career, he was issued badge #A001 at TSMC (NYSE:TSM), now among the most valuable tech companies in the world. Later he was founding CEO of iAsiaWorks (IPO via Goldman & Morgan Stanley) and founding Chairman of IPInfusion (Tokyo:4813). He has served as Board Director of 8 publicly listed companies AWRD EGHT HUT8 IAWK NPIX TMTA TUNE and IMGO. Originally trained as a computer chip designer (BSEE Honors, Illinois), he later earned an MBA at Harvard and was granted a PhD from Curtin University where he is an Adjunct Professor focued on "Innovation and Economic Development". He serves as Chairman of 501(c)3 ACTAI Global - uniting Athletes Conservationists Technologists Artists & Innovators around conservation and economic empowerment via entrepreneurship.
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Center for the Future of Aging
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Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
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