Wayne Ting (born December 1, 1983[1]) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and business executive. He is currently the CEO of Lime.[2] Ting was named one of Out100 2022 honorees.[3] Ting was also named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023.[4]
Wayne Ting | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1, 1983 |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
| Title | CEO, Lime |
Biography
editTing was born in the United States and spent his early childhoold in Taiwan before his family settled in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][5] He was educated at Lincoln East High School and Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts.[1] Ting graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Business School.[6] At Columbia, he was class president[7] and co-founded CU Community, later renamed CampusNetwork,[8] an early competitor to Facebook.[9][10]
In 2009, Ting helped organized the National Equality March, which drew between 100,000 and 200,000 people to demand LGBTQ equality in Washington DC.[11]
Ting worked at Bain Capital and at McKinsey & Company before serving as a Senior Policy Advisor on the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama from 2012 to 2014.[12]
From 2014 to 2018, Ting worked at Uber, where he was chief of staff to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and managed its Northern California business.[13]
In 2018, Ting joined Lime as its Global Head of Operations and Strategy.[14] He was named CEO of the company in 2020, replacing company co-founder Brad Bao, who remains chairman.[15] In November 2021, Ting announced intentions to take the company public in 2022.[16][17]
Ting is also an investor who invested in startups such as Dispo[18] and All Day Kitchens.[19][20]
Ting resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his husband, Stathis G Yeros.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Al-Khalaf, Laith (2024-11-02). "The man behind Lime e-bikes on why they're 'no nuisance'". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "Wayne Ting". The Future of Everything Festival. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Out100 2022: 12 LGBTQ+ Moguls of Fashion and Business". www.out.com. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "How Lime CEO Wayne Ting defied the scooter rental odds and got to profitability". 2023-07-06.
- ^ Harowitz, Sara (2023-10-04). "Lime CEO Wayne Ting on micromobility and the power of the outsider perspective". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Gannett, Allen (2018-06-12). The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time. Crown. ISBN 978-1-5247-6172-1.
- ^ Beam, Christopher (2010-09-29). "Why did Columbia's Campus Network lose out to Harvard's Facebook?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "BBC - dot.Rory: Wayne Ting, nearly a billionaire. Or how Facebook won". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "CU, Harvard Sites End 'E-War' - Columbia Spectator". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Cloud, John (2009-10-12). "The Gay March: A New Generation of Protesters". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Lime Gains New CEO As Uber Injects More Funding". THE ORG. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Kawamoto, Dawn (October 29, 2018). "Exclusive: Lime hires two high-profile Uber execs to muscle into car-sharing". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Carson, Biz (2020-05-07). "Lime's new CEO on the Uber deal, absorbing Jump and socially distant scooters". Protocol. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Kawamoto, Dawn (May 7, 2020). "Lime lands $170 million investment and third CEO in three years". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Lime raises $523M as it prepares to go public". TechCrunch. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Klebanov, Sam (2022-02-03). "Lime, the scooter rental company people love to hate, is navigating a rocky road to an IPO". www.businessofbusiness.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ MacColl, Margaux. "David Dobrik's startup Dispo lost another investor. The CEO of Lime is pulling out of all future investments". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Kaiser, Tom (2021-10-07). "All Day Kitchens Raises $65M Series C". Food On Demand. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "All Day Kitchens wants to expand every independent restaurant's delivery network". TechCrunch. October 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-22.