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Allen Lau is a Hong Kong-born Canadian entrepreneur who is the co-founder and former CEO of Wattpad. 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.
Allen Lau is a serial entrepreneur, a leader in Canada’s tech community, and a board member of TIFF and MaRS. He co-founded Wattpad, a global entertainment company for original stories, and is now an executive advisor to WEBTOON, a webnovel platform.
Dec 13, 2022 · Allen Lau is the co-founder of Wattpad, a social-storytelling platform that was acquired by Naver in 2021. He also co-founded Two Small Fish, a VC fund that invests in transformative technology with global scale.
As CEO and co-founder of Wattpad, Allen Lau leads the company's efforts to transform the way people around the world discover and share stories. Prior to Wattpad, Allen was the co-founder of FeedM8, a mobile advertising company that was acquired in 2008.
- Male
- Toronto, Ontario
Nov 9, 2021 · 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.
Feb 5, 2021 · ‘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 (photo courtesy of Wattpad)
Feb 17, 2022 · By: Allen Lau, CEO and Co-Founder, Wattpad. 2021 was truly a milestone year for Wattpad. We celebrated Wattpad’s 15th birthday and joined an incredible new family of brands with Naver and WEBTOON. As such, it’s a good time to reflect on The Master Plan and the progress we’ve made together.
