Yat Siu

Yat Siu is a Hong Kong-based investor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, a Web3 leader that leverages blockchain to deliver digital property rights to consumers worldwide to help establish the open metaverse. Under his leadership, Animoca Brands has backed major blockchain gaming projects like The Sandbox, Axie Infinity, and Decentraland.In 2023, Yat Siu was appointed to the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development. 

 

Quick Facts

 

Full name	Yat Siu
Birth	1973, Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Chinese
Education	MUK from the University of Vienna
Wife/Partner	To be updated
Net worth	Estimated in millions

 

 

  Experience

• Founder of Outblaze, a vital player in cloud-based web services, in the year 1998.
• Directed mobile gaming and digital assets services in the year 2011.
• Co-founded Animoca brand, a blockchain gaming platform, in the year 2014.
• Extended into NFTs, gaining The Sandbox in the year 2018.
• Raised over $200M, escalating the game in Web3 in the year 2021.
• Promoted open metaverse standards and NFT adoption in the year 2023.
• Partnered with major blockchain projects in the year 2024.