Wayne Ting | |
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Education | Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
Title | CEO, 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]
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]