Yat Siu
Yat Siu is a Hong Kong-based serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Yat is the Co-Founder and Group Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, a leader in gamification, blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies. Animoca Brands is a game developer and publisher for content such as Cryptokitties, Garfield, Doraemon, Ultraman and is public on the ASX. Under his leadership, Animoca Brands has propelled its valuation to $1 billion “unicorn” status, and has transformed into a global leader in the delivery of digital property rights via blockchain and NFTs. Yat has been behind several groundbreaking companies — the best known among them is Outblaze, a game, social media, online transaction systems, and web communications software he set up in 1998. In addition, he is a Director for TurnOut Ventures, a partnership between Outblaze and Turner Entertainment.
ANIMOCA BRANDS
With Animoca, Yat has been behind games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings and Crazy Defense Heroes.
Animoca Brands supports Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Bitski, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others.
Animoca is the publisher of the first blockbuster NFT game, CryptoKitties, in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
OUTBLAZE
In 1998, Yat set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services.
Yat Siu's steady leadership and vision steered Outblaze through the Dotcom Bubble and several subsequent crises.
Yat led Outblaze to become a conglomerate specializing in cloud, AI, blockchain, and mobile software.
In 2012 he set up ThinkBlaze, the research arm of Outblaze dedicated to investigating socially meaningful issues in technology.
EARLY CAREER
Yat started his career at Atari Germany before moving to Hong Kong, where he set up the innovative free website Cybercity.
Cybercity was later renamed to Freenation, which the South China Morning Post called "Asia's first free web page and email provider".
He also worked at Lexiro, a graphics software company, where he became a director and led the company's East Coast of the United States division.
AFFILIATIONS AND INVOLVEMENT
Director, Dalton Foundation
Advisory Board, BAFTA
Board Member, Asian Youth Orchestra
Board Member, Cortico
Fonero Leader, FON Wireless
Director, Typhoon Games
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2021 Asia's Most Influential
2009 Young Entrepreneur of the Year, DHL/SCMP Awards
2003 Linux Business Adoption Award
2003 Communication Technologies Award
2002 Global Leader of Tomorrow, World Economic Forum
URENCO Innovation Award
Standard Chartered Platinum Achievers Award
Outstanding Entrepreneur Award, Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards
MEDIA
Yat has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.