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Larry Illg

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Larry Illg

CEO, Edtech, Prosus
Larry Illg

Larry Illg is CEO of Edtech for Prosus, ensuring the company identifies opportunities for future growth in the sector globally. Since 2016, he has led more than $3bn in investment in nine companies globally that are addressing K-12, vocational, post-secondary, lifelong, and workplace learning. He currently sits on the Board of several Prosus edtech portfolio companies including Udemy, Codecademy, Brainly, and Skillsoft. Previously, he served as the CEO of Prosus Ventures, where he led investments in food delivery, education, healthcare, and more, as well as the CEO of PayU, the payments, and fintech division of Prosus. He joined Naspers in 2013 as the COO of eCommerce. Before Naspers, Larry served as Vice President and General Manager of New Ventures at Trulia, Inc. Prior to Trulia, Larry worked at eBay for eight years in varied roles within the classifieds organization including GM, North America and Emerging Markets, GM of Scandinavia, COO of Classifieds, and Sr. Director, Strategy and New Ventures for eBay, where he was an advisor to the President of eBay and senior executives managing eBay's e-commerce properties around the world.