Dominic Penaloza

Dominic Penaloza is a Chinese-Filipino entrepreneur and investor who was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He was the CEO & founder of Ushi, a Chinese professional network based in Shanghai.[1][2] He was the CEO and founder of WorldFriends, a social networking service for internationally minded people, with offices in Shanghai and Tokyo and partnered with Yahoo Japan.[3][4] He has received several awards including the Ivey Emerging Leaders Award.[5] He was the Chief Innovation & Technology Officer at naked Hub, a company that was acquired by WeWork for USD 400 million.[6] At WeWork China he was the Head of Innovation & Technology. After leaving WeWork in early 2020, he started REinvent, Asia's first proptech startup studio as CEO and cofounder.[7] One of REinvent's ventures is Switch, a workspace on-demand platform.[8]

References

  1. Fannin, Rebecca A. (2012). Startup Asia : top strategies for cashing in on the Asian innovation boom. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia). pp. 167–274. ISBN 0470829907.
  2. Seligson, Hannah (5 January 2012). "USHI Links In Mainland China". Forbes. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. Tahara, Shinji (29 October 2007). "Transcending the Language Barrier with help from the Internet" (PDF). Nikkei Business magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
  4. Toto, Serkan. "WorldFriends Mixes Facebook With Match.com (And Dares Charging Subscription Fees)". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  5. "Emerging Leaders Award". Ivey Business School. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. "WeWork Is Acquiring China's Naked Hub for $400 Million". Bloomberg.com. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. "Former WeWork China exec launches a 'startup studio' for real estate". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  8. "Are pay-by-the-minute booths the future of work?". BBC News. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-05-06.



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