Wayne Ting

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Wayne Ting
Education Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
TitleCEO, Lime

Wayne Ting is an American entrepreneur, investor, and business executive. He is currently the CEO of Lime. [1] Ting was named one of Out100 2022 honorees. [2] Ting was also named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023. [3]

Biography

Ting graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Business School. [4] At Columbia, he was class president [5] and co-founded CU Community, later renamed CampusNetwork, [6] an early competitor to Facebook. [7] [8]

In 2009, Ting helped organized the National Equality March, which drew between 100,000 and 200,000 people to demand LGBTQ equality in Washington DC. [9]

Ting worked at Bain Capital and at McKinsey & Company before serving as a Senior Policy Advisor on the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama from 2012 to 2014. [10]

From 2014 to 2018, Ting worked at Uber, where he was chief of staff to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and managed its Northern California business. [11]

In 2018, Ting joined Lime as its Global Head of Operations and Strategy. [12] He was named CEO of the company in 2020, replacing company co-founder Brad Bao, who remains chairman. [13] In November 2021, Ting announced intentions to take the company public in 2022. [14] [15]

Ting is also an investor who invested in startups such as Dispo [16] and All Day Kitchens. [17] [18]

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