Dominic Penaloza is a Chinese-Filipino entrepreneur and investor who was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He was the CEO & founder of Ushi, a Chinese professional network based in Shanghai.[1][2] He was the CEO and founder of WorldFriends, a social networking service for internationally minded people, with offices in Shanghai and Tokyo and partnered with Yahoo Japan.[3][4] He has received several awards including the Ivey Emerging Leaders Award.[5] He was the Chief Innovation & Technology Officer at naked Hub, a company that was acquired by WeWork for USD 400 million.[6] At WeWork China he was the Head of Innovation & Technology. After leaving WeWork in early 2020, he started REinvent, Asia's first proptech startup studio as CEO and cofounder.[7] One of REinvent's ventures is Switch, a workspace on-demand platform.[8]
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- ^ Seligson, Hannah (5 January 2012). "USHI Links In Mainland China". Forbes. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ Tahara, Shinji (29 October 2007). "Transcending the Language Barrier with help from the Internet" (PDF). Nikkei Business magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Toto, Serkan. "WorldFriends Mixes Facebook With Match.com (And Dares Charging Subscription Fees)". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Emerging Leaders Award". Ivey Business School. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "WeWork Is Acquiring China's Naked Hub for $400 Million". Bloomberg.com. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Former WeWork China exec launches a 'startup studio' for real estate". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Are pay-by-the-minute booths the future of work?". BBC News. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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