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Tung Chi-ho, Eric BA (AS)Hons, BArch, HKIA, Registered Architect, Authorized Person (List of Architects) | Executive Director. Fung Yuk-lun, Allen BA, Ph.D. | Executive Director. Lau Tak-yeung, Albert MRICS, MHKIS | Executive Director.
Dec 13, 2022 · Dec 13, 2022. Allen Lau started the social-storytelling platform Wattpad in 2006 to help writers self-publish content and connect with readers. In 2021, the Toronto-based company was acquired by the massive South Korean internet company Naver for more than $754 million. Now, Lau is working on his latest venture: a VC fund called Two Small Fish.
Biography. Lau was born in Hong Kong, and at age 19, he immigrated to Canada where he attended St. Robert Catholic High School and the University of Toronto. [4] There, he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1991, followed by a master's in electrical engineering in 1992. [5] [6]
| By Allen Tung Working together wasn’t in the plan for Keith and Michael Edema, a father-son duo at SkyTrain — but they wouldn’t have it any other way. Keith is a Principal Asset Engineer for electrical, while Michael is an Asset Managment Supervisor.
Feb 8, 2021 · Posted February 8th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney. ‘A match made in heaven’: Allen Lau on Naver’s US$600-million acquisition of Wattpad. Along with fellow U of T alumnus and co-founder Ivan Yuen, Allen Lau built Wattpad into a global digital publishing and entertainment company that was recently purchased by South Korean internet giant Naver.
Nov 9, 2021 · Read the full story and interview via StartUp HERE Toronto. It was the early 2000s when Toronto tech entrepreneur and avid reader Allen Lau decided he wanted to make it easier to read books on his mobile phone.
Mar 19, 2019 · By Chris Sorensen. When Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen founded Wattpad back in 2006, the two University of Toronto alumni were focused on building an e-reader app for the Motorola Razr flip phone and its competitors. But it wasn’t long before Lau, the startup's CEO, spotted a much bigger opportunity.
