Background
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
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Education
University of British Columbia.
Career
He received his high school diploma at the age of 14 after twice skipping two grades at the University Transition Program at University of British Columbia. Wong received a bachelor"s degree from the University of British Columbia at the age of 18. 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." One of his most recent ventures,, made him one of the youngest internet entrepreneurs to raise venture capital. In 2010, Wong worked for the business development of Digg, leading the development and release of the Digg Android Mobile Appendix
He was retrenched after five months, an experience that eventually led to him opening his own business.
Wong received the initial inspiration for on an airplane as he observed his fellow passengers interacting with their iPads. He noticed that many passengers were playing games, and felt that the games" advertisements took up screen space without adding any real value.
By mid-2012, had raised more than $15 million of venture capital from companies like Relay Ventures, Hummer Winblad, True Ventures, Verizon Ventures, CrossLink Capital, and others has offices in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tokyo and London. The company has established strategic partnerships with more than 40 major brands, including 1-800-Flowers, Amazon.com, American Apparel, Best Buy, Carl’s Junior., Disney, Doctor Pepper, GNC, Kentucky Jelly, Pepsi, Playboy, Popchips, Sephora, Victoria"s Secret, Vitamin Water and others
In 2010, Wong became one of the youngest company leaders to ever receive funding from a venture capital firm.
He has spoken at several popular conferences, including TEDx and SXSW. In addition, Wong and have been profiled in such global publications as Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Incorporated. Magazine. Wong was on the cover of the September 2014 issue of Entrepreneur as one of the young millionaires changing the world. Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list at the age of 20.
Achievements
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Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list at the age of 20. Named one of "The Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch" by Mashable. Recognized among AdAge’s Creativity Top 50 in 2011. Named to Business Insider’s Top 25 under 25 in Silicon Valley and 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising. One of Canada"s Top 20 Under 20.
