Michael is currently an MS CS candidate at the University of Chicago.
Before graduate school, he was a Engineering Fellow and Investor at
Quest Ventures, where he partnered with leading consumer startups across Asia.
He started his career founding and working at several
venture-backed early-stage startups. His projects and perspectives
have been cited in publications including The Business Times, Asia
Insurance Review, Zaobao, TNW, and Marketing Magazine. He has also
been an invited speaker at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Management University, Citigroup, and Horasis.
Outside the
startup ecosystem, he has spent time in management consulting and
finance. He has backpacked across Southeast Asia and is working
towards becoming a certified glider pilot. Passionate about impact, he
can also be found supporting entrepreneurship-related, educational
access, and mental health causes.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Management from
the University of Oxford, where he was a college scholar.
