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Canadian entrepreneur (born 1991)
Brian Wong
Born (1991-04-14 ) April 14, 1991 (age 33 ) Occupation(s ) Founder and former CEO of Kiip
Brian Wong (born April 14, 1991) is a Canadian Internet entrepreneur . In 2010, Wong co-founded Kiip (pronounced "keep"), a company offering a mobile app rewards platform through which computer game players would receive real-world rewards from brands and companies for in-game achievements.
He was replaced as Kiip CEO in March 2019 after being indicted for sexual assault.[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Wong was born and raised in Vancouver , British Columbia , to parents of Hong Kong descent. His father was an accountant and his mother was a nurse.[2] He received his high school diploma at the age of 14, after twice skipping two grades at the University Transition Program at the University of British Columbia (UBC).[3] Wong received a bachelor's degree from UBC at the age of 18.[4] While at university, Wong launched his first company, FollowFormation, which Mashable called "the easiest way to follow the top Twitterers by subject matter or topic."[5] [6] [7] One of his most recent ventures, Kiip , made him one of the youngest internet entrepreneurs to raise venture capital.[8]
In 2010, Wong worked in business development for the news aggregator Digg , leading the development and release of the Digg Android Mobile App. Soon after a joining and after a disastrous redesign, Digg had a round of corporate layoffs. Wong was let go after five months, an experience that eventually led to him opening his own business.[9]
Wong received the initial inspiration for Kiip on an airplane at age 19 as he observed his fellow passengers interacting with their iPads .[10] [11] He noticed that many passengers were playing games, and felt that the games' advertisements took up screen space without adding any real value.[11] Because he perceived that games are a "holy grail of achievement", Wong wanted to leverage key moments of achievement—such as level ups and high scores—with a targeted, relevant rewards program that enabled brands to reach consumers when they were most engaged.[3] [4] [12]
In July 2010, Wong teamed with his fellow former Digg employees Courtney Guertin and their mutual friend Amadeus Demarzi to found Kiip.[13] As of 2017, Kiip was sending achievement-based rewards such as coupons to 100 million consumers per month,[14] and had raised more than $32 million of venture capital from various sources, including Relay Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners , True Ventures, Verizon Ventures, and Crosslink Capital .[15] Kiip has offices in San Francisco , New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , Tokyo and London .[16] The company established strategic partnerships with more than 40 major brands, including 1-800-Flowers , Amazon.com , American Apparel , Best Buy , Carl's Jr. , Disney , Dr. Pepper , GNC , KY Jelly , Pepsi , Playboy , Popchips , Sephora , Victoria's Secret , and Vitamin Water .[17] [18] [19] Kiip was on track to do more than $20 million in revenue in 2017.[20] [needs update ]
In March 2019, after Wong was accused of sexual assault, Kiip replaced Wong as CEO.[21] His removal came after an indefinite leave of absence, with Kiip CRO Bill Alena serving as interim CEO in his stead.[22]
Recognitions [ edit ]
In 2010, Wong became one of the youngest company leaders to ever receive funding from a venture capital firm .[9] [23] He was called a self-made millionaire by the time he was 20 years old.[24] By 2012 he had spoken at several popular conferences, including TEDx and South by Southwest .[25] [26] Wong and Kiip were profiled in such global publications such as Forbes , Entrepreneur , The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times , and Inc. Magazine ,[9] [17] [27] [28] [29] and he was on the cover of the September 2014 issue of Entrepreneur as one of the young millionaires changing the world.[30] Wong was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social/Mobile list in 2011.[31]
Publications [ edit ]
Wong is the author of The Cheat Code: Going Off Script to Get More, Go Faster, and Shortcut Your Way to Success , a book that is "aimed at helping young people just starting their careers".[32] It was published in September 2016.[33]
References [ edit ]
^ "Entrepreneur Spotlight: Brian Wong" . Grasshopper . Archived from the original on November 6, 2012.
^ a b Rose, Kevin (April 2011). "Foundation 05 // Brian Wong" . Foundation .
^ a b Building the World's First Mobile Rewards Network: Brian Wong, 20-Year-Old Founder of Kiip . Sramana Mitra . April 5, 2012.
^ Newman, Kira (March 13, 2012). "20-Year-old Entrepreneur Brian Wong: 'Try to change shit up' " . TechCocktail . Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
^ Van Grove, Jennifer (July 14, 2009). "Followformation: Quickly Follow Dozens of Categorized Twitter Users" . Mashable .
^ Shaw, Gillian. Entrepreneur at 18: Followformation.com founder Brian Wong Archived July 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . The Vancouver Sun . April 12, 2010.
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2012-11-22 .{{cite web }}
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^ a b c McMahan, Ty. Betting Venture Capital On An Unproven 19-Year-Old . Wall Street Journal . August 6, 2010.
^ Newman, Kira (April 18, 2012). "Brian Wong to Young Entrepreneurs: 'Assume no one gives a shit about you' " . Tech Cocktail . Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
^ a b Tsotsi, Alexia. Kiip’s Brian Wong On Taking Risks As Young Entrepreneur . TechCrunch . April 12, 2011.
^ Kim, Ryan. Kiip Pushes Real Rewards, Not Ads on Mobile Gamers . GigaOM . April 11, 2011.
^ Tsotsis, Alexia. "19 Year Old Kiip Founder Closes 300K Angel Round For Mobile In-Game Ad Startup ". TechCrunch . October 27, 2010.
^ "Game On: Lunch with Brian Wong, co-founder of online rewards platform Kiip" . BCBusiness . February 27, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
^ Dickey Megan Rose. Kiip, a Mobile Rewards Startup, Raises $12 Million in Series C. TechCrunch . July 19, 2016.
^ Grant, Rebecca. Kiip raises $11M to reward users for everyday life . VentureBeat . July 17, 2012.
^ a b Holiday, Ryan . Online Advertisings Greatest Missed Opportunity? Kiip.Me Founder Brian Wong Answers . Forbes . April 25, 2012.
^ Tsotsis, Alexia. Kiip: A Win-Win for App Developers and Advertisers . Entrepreneur . March 9, 2012.
^ Kim, Ryan. Rewards provider Kiip grabs $11M to go after consumers . GigaOM . July 17, 2012.
^ Clifford, Catherine (May 16, 2017). "How to find your superpower, according to a 26-year-old CEO and self-made millionaire" . CNBC . Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
^ Swant, Marty (2019-03-20). "Kiip Replaces CEO Brian Wong After Sexual Assault Indictment" . www.adweek.com . Retrieved 2020-02-11 .
^ Schiff, Allison (18 March 2019). "Kiip Brings On New Chief In Wake Of Sexual Assault Charges Against Former CEO Brian Wong" . AdExchanger. Retrieved 1 May 2020 .
^ Arrington, Michael. True Ventures Invests In 19 Year Old Entrepreneur Brian Wong . TechCrunch . August 3, 2010.
^ "26-year-old self-made millionaire: This is the one thing that people don't understand about what it takes to be successful" . CNBC Make It . July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
^ "TEDxYouth@Castilleja - BRIAN WONG" . Dec 10, 2010 . YouTube.
^ "Brian Wong - Kiip CEO & Founder at SXSW 2012" . March 12, 2012 . YouTube.
^ Vega, Tanzina (December 23, 2011). "Using Prizes to Reach Video Game Players on Their Phones" . The New York Times .
^ "Brian Wong, founder of Kiip.me" . Inc. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2012 .
^ Takahashi, Dean. Kiip expands beyond games to rewarding fitness “moments” . Venture Beat . March 22, 2012.
^ Ankeny, Jason (August 20, 2014). "Young Millionaires: How These Entrepreneurs Under 30 Are Changing the World" . No. September 2014.
^ "30 Under 30: Social/Mobile" . Forbes . December 19, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
^ "26-year-old CEO shares his No. 1 trick for getting noticed by the world's top companies" . CNBC . June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
^ "A 25-year-old CEO shares 9 career secrets every young person should know" . CNBC . September 23, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
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