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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CEO’ operating in the Apps space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Chow Shing Yuk
Founder & CEO of Lalamove
Overview Chow, founded EasyVan (predecessor of lalamove) in October 2013 at the age of 36, and oversees the strategic direction of the Hong Kong based tech start-up. lalamove, currently operating in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, puts tens of thousands of delivery vans, lorries, trucks on the lalamove platform and connects them to millions of customers in the Asia Pacific region, providing a revolutionary logistics solution to the industry. His experience and Know How Chow is also board advisor of Compass Offices since 2012, helping it become the largest business service office provider in Hong Kong. In addition to lalamove, Chow also founded: Lattice Investment Partners in April 2007, which is Chow’s investment vehicle for managing his investments in private companies, public equities and the property markets; Hong Kong Skin Centre (derma.com.hk) in 2012, which provides premium cosmetic medical services to clients in Hong Kong; and Amigo Spa and Beauty (amigospa.com) in 2013, which provides premium spa and beauty services to clients in Hong Kong. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, Chow was a professional Texas Holdem Poker player from 2002 to 2010. He won millions of US dollars at casinos and on internet in those 8 years. Before his poker playing days, Chow was senior associate consultant at Bain & Company from 1999 to 2002, advising corporate clients on their business strategies on customer retention, fulfillment, sourcing, valuation, IPO, etc. Background Chow graduated from Stanford University in California, USA with a BA in Economics.
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About Lalamove: Lalamove is a logistics company that provides on-demand and same-day delivery services.
William Tien
CEO and co-founder of TiENPAY
William Tien have more than 12 years global knowledge in delivery of varies financial payment methods through telecommunication network via SMS. TiENPAY is developed with the working with varies advance financial transaction technology platform including using Blockchain security transaction in their backoffice. TiENPAY’s next generation hybrid mobile wallet technology, it will make it easy and convenient for their customers to manage their financial needs.”
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About T8 EXCHANGE PTY LTD, TiENPAY: TiENPAY is a blockchain based digital banking ecosystem software platform for wallet, digital exchange and digital assets.
Jonathan Rorech
CEO of TiENPAY
Jonathan holds an MBA from East Carolina University and has 17 years of experience as a marketer and digital content creator, producing engaging, informative and entertaining media for a variety of companies in both the US and Asia.
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About TiENPAY: TiENPAY is a blockchain based digital banking ecosystem software platform for wallet, digital exchange and digital assets.
Wesley Ng
Co-founder, CEO of Casetify
Co-founder, CEO of Casetify – formerly Casetagram.
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About Casetify: Casetify is a lifestyle brand that makes tech accessories.
Sebastien Codeville
CEO & Founder of KaiOS Technologies
Sebastien Codeville is CEO of KaiOS Technologies, the company behind an emerging, global ecosystem of affordable digital products and services. In 2016, Sebastien led the company in the development and delivery of their mobile operating system, KaiOS, which enables a new category of smart feature phones and other IoT devices that use limited memory, while still offering a rich user experience. Sebastien is a founding member of the company, bringing more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications and technology. Under Sebastien’s leadership KaiOS is experiencing explosive growth, already powering 50 million phones in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia through partnerships with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Reliance Jio, HMD, Micromax, Doro, and Bullitt. The organization has also rapidly expanded globally from 50 to over 250 people within two years’ time.
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About KaiOS Technologies: KaiOS Technologies powers an emerging global ecosystem of affordable digital products and services.
Steve Biddick
CEO of Canyu.do
I set up strong teams who generate sound, profitable projects. 2013 goals Omerta launched in Android & iOS Release project ‘x’ – an original concept social game for mobile. Specialities: Networking & contacts. Problem-solving. Game design. Establishing web communities. Saving the world.
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About Canyu.do, HelperFirst: Canyu.do finds and posts all sorts of gigs, nearby.
Marianne Caroline Hughes
Founder and CEO of Kno Global
Marianne’s entrepreneurial determination to find out the answers, led her to become a disruptor in the field. Having travelled across Asia visiting 100s of factories, even working on the line herself for a week in China. An award-winning writer and speaker, Marianne is keen to represent women in tech at industry events.
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About Kno Global: Real-time transparent data for brands, factories and workers
Gerardo Salandra
Chief Executive Officer of respond.io
CEO and founder of Rocketbots (www.rocketbots.io), one of the leading AI-powered chatbot solutions provider in South East Asia. With previous experience in IBM, Google, and Runtastic, he has accumulated profound expertise in artificial intelligence, growth hacking, and digital marketing. As former Head of Growth at NDN Group, one of the largest technology groups in the ASEAN region, he lead the automation initiatives for several fortune 500 companies. Gerardo is also the co-chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Society of Hong Kong (www.aisociety.hk). An association with over three thousand members, dedicated to the further development of AI technologies and adoption in the region. He is a renowned public speaker in the field of Artificial Intelligence and a professional corporate trainer. With previous experience as a corporate consultant for multinational corporations, he constantly prepares organisation in conversation rate optimatzation, account-based marketing, customer journey building, and martech stack construction. He holds an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Bachelor in Science from the Reutlingen University in Germany.
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About Dragon Social, respond.io: Respond.io is a business messaging platform that connects customers from any channel to any team.
Roger Haenni
Co-Founder & CEO of Datum
Tech Wizard & Serial Entrepreneur, 17 years experience in big data systems. Co-Founder of StockX, SwissInvest, PCP.ch and Kosi.
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About Bymo.co, Clever Baby, Datum: Datum is a marketplace where users can share or sell data on their own terms.
Gabriel Fong
CEO & Co-founder of CallFixie
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About CallFixie, Jaarvis Accelerator: CallFixie offers a mobile and web solution, connecting the customers and Fixies.
David Wong
Co-Founder and CEO of BOOQED
Business developer, entrepreneur and start-up veteran with substantial international experience in blue-chip companies and new ventures in mobile entertainment, digital media and tech. I particularly enjoy translating strategy into action — taking a “Big Idea” and building it into a profitable and sustainable business. Currently co-founder / CEO of Booqed, a digital marketplace helping connect companies needing short-term space to work, meet or have an event with landlords that have unused space — and build a global brand, business model and network. My other passion is in the area of social enterprise — to “do good” as well as make good. I’ve seen the difference a well-run social enterprise can have on local communities, providing economic opportunities for people who need it most.
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About BOOQED: BOOQED is digital marketplace enabling tenants and landlords to find or monetize short-term, unused business spaces.
Zaf Chow
CEO and Co-Founder of QUICKER
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About QUICKER: QUICKER is a free platform that allow users to self-order and pay to all restaurants with their smart devices.
Shannon Lee
Co-Founder & CEO of Rocco
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About Rocco: Rocco is an AI-powered social media marketing assistant.
Christoph Wagner
CEO of Scanbot
Christoph Wagner is a Founder & CFO at RealLifeConnect.
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About Scanbot: Scanbot is a German B2B start-up that offers modern scanner SDKs to capture documents, barcodes, ID-documents and more.
Rick Tsing
Founder and CEO of OneOneDay
Rick, a serial socialpreneur, is a passionate advocate for technologies and businesses as a force for good. Rick has founded a number of innovative businesses, most recently Oodies – the Spotify for ads that give back to viewers and social causes.
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About OneOneDay: We are building the world’s largest advertising network, co-owned by every ad-viewer.
Juliette Gimenez
Co-Founder & CEO of Goxip Inc
Juliette Gimenez is a co-founder and the chief revenue officer of Cdiscount Thailand. Prior to that, she was the director of e-commerce at Big C Supercenter.
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About Goxip Inc: Goxip is ultimate destination for searching, discovering and purchasing any fashion and beauty products.
Wendy Chan
Co-founder & CEO of PackMojo
Wendy is responsible for the marketing and creation of new content for PassKit. She interned at PassKit at its inception and returned for a full-time role as a Marketing Specialist upon graduating with a degree in Economics and Finance. She’s currently in charge of content marketing and social media integration at PassKit, as well as compiling reports and presentations. She is constantly striving for excellence and to deliver quality content and information for consumers and businesses. Aside from work, she is an avid basketball fan and enjoys listening to jazz from the Golden Age.
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About PackMojo: Easy, accessible, and affordable packaging for the modern day business.
Jaclyn Tsui
Partner & CEO of Altitude Labs
Jaclyn leads our design team. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she graduated with a Joint Honors degree at the Imperial College of London and a Master’s of Science degree in the University of Hong Kong. She began her career in private equity before becoming a fullstack software engineer. She is passionate about entrepreneurship, youth empowerment, mentorship and is a keen supporter of education scholarships. In her free time, she commits herself to the CIS alumni dragon boat team, skiing, scuba diving and traveling.
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About Altitude Labs: Altitude Labs is a web and mobile app development and UI/UX design firm.
Ivan Ng
Founder and CEO of FindDoc
The brains. Ivan is their ultra positive driver, and it’s handy that he is also technologically brilliant. Prior to founding Finddoc, he was founder of MoMa International, a leader in mobile marketing in Hong Kong. Ever the entrepreneur, Ivan also founded Azure Creations, an innovative startup focused on developing consumer mobile telecommunications and internet applications such as Ring-back Tone Platform and Bandwidth Policy Deduction. Ivan graduated with honors with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About FindDoc: FindDoc is an app offers the most comprehensive & updated information on Doctors & Dentists.
Ben Wong
Co-founder & CEO of DimOrder
Ben Wong is the Co-founder and CEO at DimOrder.
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About DimOrder: DimOrder develops and provides an all-new electronic platform in the food and beverage industry.
Amanda So
Co-founder & CEO of MamaHelpers
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About MamaHelpers: MamaHelpers is the largest and fastest-growing global network gathering employers, foreign domestic helpers and agencies
Yan Leung
CEO of MamaHelpers
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About MamaHelpers: MamaHelpers is the largest and fastest-growing global network gathering employers, foreign domestic helpers and agencies
Ava Lui
Co-Founder and CEO of EasyCare
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About EasyCare: EasyCare is a health-care platform which matches care service demand with reliable workforce supply.
Andrew Lee
Co-Founder & CEO of Ybex
Prior to starting YBEX, Andrew spent his entire career in finance and technology in different global financial centers. Most recently, he was a FX trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong driving the electronic trading of Asian currencies. Before that, he worked as macro analyst and head of technology solutions at billion-dollar hedge funds in Singapore and Hong Kong. Andrew started his career as a software developer for KPMG in New York after obtaining his computer engineering degree at the University of British Columbia.
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About Ybex: YBEX is a financial technology company that helps travellers find and book the best foreign exchange rates.
Kevin Tang
Founder and CEO of Kalon
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About Kalon: Kalon is a redefines online shopping for fashion with cutting edge 3D scanning and virtual fitting technology to create your perfect fit.
Nan Zhou
Co-Founder and CEO of pebblar
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About pebblar: pebblar is a map-based itinerary planner.
Tamim Batcha
Founder & CEO of SpotHelp
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About SpotHelp: SpotHelp is a specialist concierge service that caters to individuals & corporates that need help – On Demand.
Hercules Chan
Founder & CEO of Void
Founded by Chan Kai Ho Hercules, a certified clinical hypnotherapist, Void was established in 2016. After Hercules would deliver a hypnotherapy session to his clients who suffer from depression, anxiety and bipolar disorders, they said they would want to bring home his services and be able to easily access to it. Hercules decided to make his techniques readily available in an app, and found that meditation audios could be conducted through audio recordings. Hercules aspires that the knowledge from hypnotherapy, mindfulness, meditation could be spread to more people, and an effective mental health solution could be delivered to more people with the use of technology, and that’s how Void was born.
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About Void: Void is an app that provides mental health services.
Lily Ng
Chief Executive Officer of Foodie Group
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About Foodie Group: Foodie brings together people with a real passion and love for all things food and drink.
Keith Li
Co-founder and CEO of Innopage Limited
Co-founder – Innopage Ltd. iOS / Android Apps Development
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About Innopage Limited: Innopage is a mobile applications developer specialized in iOS, Android, Bada, and Smart TV applications.
Marcus Kay
CEO of wizQ – Game Publisher
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About Meatti – Increase App Downloads & Revenue With Actionable Insights, wizQ – Game Publisher: wizQ publishes social and mobile games through multiple platforms and internet cafes.
Rayan Nait Mazi
Co-Founder & CEO of Microskills
Expert on learning & motivation.Engineer bridging startups & human development.
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About Microskills: Microskills is a mobile EdTech platform designed for the billion low-literate and unskilled entrepreneurs.
David Strohm
Founder & CEO of Phrenzi
David Strohm is the founder and CEO at Phrenzi, a SaaS marketing technology company that develops software for businesses to create loyalty games.
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About Phrenzi: Phrenzi is a SaaS marketing technology company that develops software for businesses to create loyalty games.
Laurent Guillon
Chief Executive Officer of Nowsnapp
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About Nowsnapp: Nowsnapp is a new instant services application, connecting people to people when they need help, time or specific skills.
Irish Ong
CEO and Co-Founder of AlphaConcepts
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About AlphaConcepts: AlphaConcepts is an open platform that provides real and verified influencers, who can deliver speedy, high-quality contents.
Leroy Yue
CEO of PikaPage
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About PikaPage: PikaPage is an app that publish sports and other event data on the phone.
Saurabh jejurikar
Founder and CEO of Tourgether
Founder Of Tourgether
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About Tourgether: Tourgether is a global travel dating and social networking app for travelers to find a travel buddy
Alfred Lam
CEO of Nommy
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About Nommy: Nommy is an application to search the best location-based food recommendations.
Kay Kyeongsik Woo
CEO & Founder of Easiway
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About Easiway: Easiway is a transportation reservation services.
Amy Hong
Chairman and CEO of Music Messenger
Amy Hong is a Partner of PIR Equities and serves as a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining PIR Equities, Amy Hong was CEO of SinoSheen HK Investment Group a Hong Kong based investment firm acquired by Fidelity UK. Prior to that Amy Hong was an operating officer at HT Capital Management Hedge fund Hong Kong. In this role, Amy Hong conducted due-diligence of potential portfolio companies as well as developing financial plans for the firm alongside senior directors. Amy Hong has extensive experience evaluating potential investments for the firm. Amy Hong sits on the board and is a Director to several portfolio assets. Amy Hong holds a BBA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton Graduate School of Business.
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About KGIM, KGIM, Music Messenger, PIR Equities: Mobile app that help users enjoy music. The app allows users to send songs to their contacts and create playlists, easily and at no cost.
Jitesh Chhabria
Co-founder and CEO of Koach TV
Jitesh is a passionate creative with a versatile expertise in technology and design. He believes in solving meaningful problems yet absolutely loves chasing his wild and creative visions. He is an energetic leader, a confident speaker, a courageous risk-taker, a relentless entrepreneur as well as a humble, loving and devoted member of his professional teams and his family. He takes pride in his intuitive and empathic abilities, and his passionate drive, neither is he shy of failing or making mistakes. In the last 3 years alone, Jitesh has led 4 fantastic teams developing 7 award-winning projects from games, smart car technology, construction technology, sports wearables, fitness apps to a fin-tech platform, all while pursuing his 2 Masters degrees in Hong Kong. For these pursuits, Jitesh has been awarded over a dozen awards/honors while also receiving wide press coverage including a feature in the Inc. magazine’s “50 Emerging Entrepreneurs..” in 2015. Jitesh has spent over 60 days of his life in complete silence, only nature, meditation, and yoga, and hopes to continue doing so atleast 10 days every year.
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About Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Koach TV: Koach TV is a mobile fitness experience built on top of YouTube
Michael Kwok
Co-Founder and CEO of Capheart
Michael Kwok is the project lead of DML, a platform for transacting big data and machine learning insights securely in blockchain between data owners and businesses. As a blockchain enthusiast and an active member in the space, he is taking part in various community events, meetups and also a public speaker in tech and startup conferences. He has accumulated hands-on experiences in growth, user acquisition, community engagement, fundraising, partnership and business development.
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About Capheart: Capheart is a mobile app to rescue sudden cardiac arrested (SCA) patients.
Alonzo Tang
Co-Founder & CEO of DigBids
Alonzo Tang is a pragmatic yet entrepreneurial professional who has the strong background in app store ecosystems, such as app monetization, operation, and distribution. He has more than 10 years outstanding experiences in operation management and overall project management. He is proficient in cross-cultural communication, teams building, and motivation.
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About DigBids: Digbids is a mobile monetization and mobile payments solution provider.
Tim Lo
Co-Founder & CEO of Spincle
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About Spincle: Spincle is a camera app to create 360-video and generate 3D content for virtual reality by spinning phone in a circle.
Vishal Surtani
CEO & Founder of We Kiddoos
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About We Kiddoos: We Kiddoos is an mobile app that connects students, tutors and tuition centres in a single platform.
Ashley Tang
Co-Founder and CEO of DOTT
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About DOTT: DOTT is the custom-engraved SmartDogTag to help make our mission statement, nomorelostpets, a reality.
Sam Yeung
Founder & CEO of FansWiFi
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About FansWiFi: FansWiFi is a WiFi hotspot system.
Ken Poon
CEO and Founder of Picssage
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About Picssage: Picssage is a third party keyboard app to let send meme with 2 clicks in messaging apps.
Ryan Lee
Co-founder and CEO of Joinful
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About Joinful: Joinful is a mobile app platform where anyone can join and host activities.
