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Wayne Ting
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
TitleCEO, Lime

Wayne Ting is an American entrepreneur, investor, and business executive. He is currently the CEO of Lime.[1] Ting was named one of Out100 2022 honorees.[2] Ting was also named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023.[3]

Biography[edit]

Ting graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Business School.[4] At Columbia, he was class president[5] and co-founded CU Community, later renamed CampusNetwork,[6] an early competitor to Facebook.[7][8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

From 2014 to 2018, Ting worked at Uber, where he was chief of staff to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and managed its Northern California business.[11]

In 2018, Ting joined Lime as its Global Head of Operations and Strategy.[12] He was named CEO of the company in 2020, replacing company co-founder Brad Bao, who remains chairman.[13] In November 2021, Ting announced intentions to take the company public in 2022.[14][15]

Ting is also an investor who invested in startups such as Dispo[16] and All Day Kitchens.[17][18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wayne Ting". The Future of Everything Festival. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  2. ^ "Out100 2022: 12 LGBTQ+ Moguls of Fashion and Business". www.out.com. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  3. ^ "How Lime CEO Wayne Ting defied the scooter rental odds and got to profitability". 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Beam, Christopher (2010-09-29). "Why did Columbia's Campus Network lose out to Harvard's Facebook?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  7. ^ "BBC - dot.Rory: Wayne Ting, nearly a billionaire. Or how Facebook won". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  8. ^ "CU, Harvard Sites End 'E-War' - Columbia Spectator". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  9. ^ Cloud, John (2009-10-12). "The Gay March: A New Generation of Protesters". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. ^ "Lime Gains New CEO As Uber Injects More Funding". THE ORG. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Carson, Biz (2020-05-07). "Lime's new CEO on the Uber deal, absorbing Jump and socially distant scooters". Protocol. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  13. ^ Kawamoto, Dawn (May 7, 2020). "Lime lands $170 million investment and third CEO in three years". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  14. ^ "Lime raises $523M as it prepares to go public". TechCrunch. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Kaiser, Tom (2021-10-07). "All Day Kitchens Raises $65M Series C". Food On Demand. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  18. ^ "All Day Kitchens wants to expand every independent restaurant's delivery network". TechCrunch. October 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Ting