Bill Tai is an educator, athlete and active investor of his own capital. He was founding Chair of Treasure Data (now part of SOFTBANK) and the first backer to commit to fund Zoom Video at its founding. He is also among the first investors in Canva, Color Genomics, and Tweetdeck/Twitter. He founded iAsiaWorks (IPO via Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley) as Chairman and CEO and founded IPinfusion (Tokyo:4813) as Chairman. He holds a BSEE with Honors from University of Illinois an MBA from Harvard, and an HonD PhD from Curtin University in Perth Australia where he is an Adjunct Professor of Innovation. Outside of his commercial activities, he founded and chairs ACTAI Global, a 501(c)3 supporting 1) environmental conservation and 2) economic empowerment via entrepreneurship. Through ACTAI he has created technology festivals and gatherings including Necker Blockchain Summit, Extreme Tech Challenge, and WestTechFest and helped to create Marine Conservation Areas around the world. He is a supporter of the United Nations in several areas including the GIGA Connect Project, the UNDP Accelerator Labs, and the UN Joint SDG Fund.