UNICORN WRANGLER

With a string of billion-dollar start-ups in his stable, venture capitalist Kent Ho knows how to corral ideas and drive them to reality, writes Madeleine Ross

Photography NIC AND BEX GAUNT Styling HARRY LAM

“Our investments go across the spectrum but the one thing that I’m always striving for is driving impact. I’m a big believer that tech will improve society and drive productivity, and that’s ultimately what I really care about” “ Iconsider myself a global citizen but my core network and roots are in Silicon Valley,” says Kent Ho, the Kentucky-born, Stanford-educated founder of the early-stage venture capital fund Spectrum 28. Having spent a decade in the world’s tech mecca before settling in Hong Kong in 2012, he now sees it as his mission to “tie the two together;” to bring the innovative thinking that defines Silicon Valley to Asia, and to connect Asia’s corporations with the technology in the US. That’s the big picture, anyway. On a day-to-day basis, however, the former Goldman…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017

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