Global InformationCheryl Sew Hoy information
Cheryl Sew Hoy | |
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| Born | Cheryl Yeoh 31 May 1983 Malaysia |
| Other names | Cheryl Sew Hoy (married name) |
| Education | Cornell University |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and speaker |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Known for | Founding CEO of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC), Advisor & Co-founder of #MovingForward, and Founder & CEO of Tiny Health |
| Notable work | Co-founder of Reclip.It, acquired by Walmart Labs in 2013 |
| Spouse | Jason Sew Hoy |
| Children | 2 |
Cheryl Sew Hoy (née Yeoh; born 31 May 1983) is an entrepreneur, speaker and angel investor, best known for being the founding CEO of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC),[1] a government-funded agency to support entrepreneurship in Malaysia and ASEAN.
She co-founded Reclip. It, which was acquired by Walmart Labs in 2013. Sew Hoy served as an independent non-executive director of Flexiroam Limited,[2] an Australia-based telecommunications company from 2016 to 2018. She is currently an entrepreneur-in-residence at Silicon Valley Bank, and an advisor to various startups including blockchain infrastructure company Tendermint, the team that built Cosmos Network and Kenzie Academy.
Sew Hoy has been credited with helping put Malaysia and its startups on the world map.[3] In 2012, Sew Hoy was named "Top 44 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know" by Mashable.[4]
Sew Hoy is the founder of the #MovingForward campaign which encourages VCs to commit to a diverse, inclusive and harassment-free workplace.[5] She was listed as one of Time magazine's persons of the year in 2017, as a "Silence Breaker", who spoke out against sexual harassment in the workplace.
- ^ "CEO Cheryl Yeoh Lays Out MaGIC's Ingredients".
- ^ "Cheryl Yeoh joins telco startup-Flexiroam".
- ^ "Cheryl Yeoh MaGIC Legacy".
- ^ "44 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know". Mashable.
- ^ O'Brien, Sara Ashley. "MovingForward: How to report harassment in tech". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-08-29.