Alessandro Gadotti
Alessandro Gadotti | |
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Born |
Rome, Italy | August 10, 1969
Residence | Hong Kong[1] |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Known for | Founder ZNAP |
Net worth | US$75 million (2014) |
Religion | None |
Alessandro (Alex) Gadotti (born 10 August 1969 in Rome, Italy) is currently the APAC CEO of Powa Technologies after Powa has acquired ZNAP for US$75 million in May 2014[2] known for its innovative approach to mobile payment.[3][4] Alessandro has also filed five international patents in the mobile payment field.[5]
Biography
Born in Rome, Italy and after a career in Ernst & Young where he became partner at 28, Alessandro Gadotti has been the director of one of the first Italian internet startups financed by the Fiat Group CiaoWeb.[6] Soon after he becomes a partner in Value Partners (Management Consulting) where he became CEO[7] for the South America system integrator startup of the group Value Team[8] later acquired in 2011 by NTT Data.[9]
Left Value Team in 2008 Alessandro became a serial entrepreneur in Hong Kong, where first started a flight simulator company called Flight Experience.[10][11]
Alessandro then started up MPayMe a company focused in the mobile payment space, launching the innovative product ZNAP. After raising more than 22M USD to fund the start-up,[12][13] an unprecedented amount for any Hong kong new tech startup, Alessandro sold the company to Powa Technologies in 2014 for US$75 million.[14][15]
Alessandro is now working as Chief Executive for Asia Pacific in Powa Technologies the second most valued start-up in Europe by capital.[16]
Other interests
Alessandro Gadotti published a novel in Italy under the title Il Piano di Allah (The Allah Plan).[17]
References
- ↑ "Bloomberg executive profile". Bloomberg.
- ↑ Davies, Sally (12 June 2014). "Powa Tech buys MPayMe for $75m to corner mobile payments market". Financial Times.
- ↑ "CNBC Interview How to attract consumer to mobile payments" (VIDEO). CNBC. 23 June 2014.
- ↑ "Mobile Money and Wallet Summit".
- ↑ "US Patent Office - Patent Summary". www.uspto.gov. United States Patent Office. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ Sapegno, Pierangelo. "Il popolo del Web da l'assalto a CiaoWeb" (NEWSPAPER) (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 13.
- ↑ Fuoco, Tais (26 May 2006). "Com aquisições, consultoria Value Team multiplica negócios em TI no Brasil" (in Portuguese). Valor.
- ↑ Ditolvo, Mariana (22 November 2006). "Papo com o gerente virtual" (in Portuguese). Istoe Dinheiro.
- ↑ Alpeyev, Pavel (25 April 2011). "NTT Data to Buy Value Team to Expand in Emerging Markets". Bloomberg.
- ↑ "Winging It". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ Lu, Joy (21 October 2008). "Ready to Take Off". China Daily.
- ↑ "Hong Kong's 20 Hottest Start-ups". Hong Kong Business Magazine. March 1, 2013.
- ↑ Lam, Sheila (Jan–Feb 2014). "Industry Profile MPayMe" (PDF). ComputerWorld HK: 20. ISSN 1023-4934.
- ↑ Perez, Bien (17 June 2014). "UK's Powa buys MPayMe for US$75m in mobile payment push". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ Dunsby, Megan (17 June 2014). "Powa Technologies purchases Hong Kong tech start-up MPayMe for $75m". Startups.co.uk.
- ↑ Phillips, Andrew Garcia. "The Billion-Dollar Startup Club". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ Gadotti, Alessandro. Il Piano di Allah (in Italian) (first ed.). Albatros. ISBN 978-88-567-6327-0.