Wayne Ting Explained

Wayne Ting
Education:Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
CEO, 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

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

  1. Web site: Wayne Ting . 2022-03-22 . The Future of Everything Festival . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2022-10-27 . Out100 2022: 12 LGBTQ+ Moguls of Fashion and Business . 2023-01-09 . www.out.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2023-07-06 . How Lime CEO Wayne Ting defied the scooter rental odds and got to profitability . en.
  4. Web site: Columbia College Today . 2022-03-22 . www.college.columbia.edu.
  5. Book: Gannett, Allen . The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time . 2018-06-12 . Crown . 978-1-5247-6172-1 . en.
  6. Web site: Beam . Christopher . 2010-09-29 . Why did Columbia's Campus Network lose out to Harvard's Facebook? . 2022-03-22 . Slate Magazine . en.
  7. Web site: BBC - dot.Rory: Wayne Ting, nearly a billionaire. Or how Facebook won . 2022-03-22 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  8. Web site: CU, Harvard Sites End 'E-War' - Columbia Spectator . 2022-03-22 . Columbia Daily Spectator.
  9. Cloud . John . 2009-10-12 . The Gay March: A New Generation of Protesters . en-US . Time . 2023-01-09 . 0040-781X.
  10. Web site: Lime Gains New CEO As Uber Injects More Funding . 2022-03-22 . THE ORG . en.
  11. Web site: Kawamoto . Dawn . October 29, 2018 . Exclusive: Lime hires two high-profile Uber execs to muscle into car-sharing . 2022-03-22 . www.bizjournals.com.
  12. Web site: Carson . Biz . 2020-05-07 . Lime's new CEO on the Uber deal, absorbing Jump and socially distant scooters . 2022-03-22 . Protocol . en.
  13. Web site: Kawamoto . Dawn . May 7, 2020 . Lime lands $170 million investment and third CEO in three years . 2022-03-22 . www.bizjournals.com.
  14. Web site: Lime raises $523M as it prepares to go public . 2022-03-22 . TechCrunch . 5 November 2021 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Klebanov . Sam . 2022-02-03 . Lime, the scooter rental company people love to hate, is navigating a rocky road to an IPO . 2022-03-22 . www.businessofbusiness.com . en.
  16. Web site: MacColl . Margaux . David Dobrik's startup Dispo lost another investor. The CEO of Lime is pulling out of all future investments. . 2022-03-22 . Business Insider . en-US.
  17. Web site: Kaiser . Tom . 2021-10-07 . All Day Kitchens Raises $65M Series C . 2022-03-22 . Food On Demand . en-US.
  18. Web site: All Day Kitchens wants to expand every independent restaurant's delivery network . 2022-03-22 . TechCrunch . October 2021 . en-US.

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