David Wu (entrepreneur)
Encyclopedia
David Wu is co-founder and President of Sports Composite DE, Inc, which launched the online fantasy sports website RotoHog
in February 2007. Wu and fellow founder Wharton School professor Kent Smetters
develop a new way to play fantasy sports, in which team owners control the market for athletes by buying and selling athletes like stockbrokers on a trading floor.
David Wu attended the University of California Los Angeles as an undergraduate and the University of Pennsylvania's
Wharton School MBA program. Wu is also serving as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the UCLA Venture Fund.
RotoHog
RotoHog is the consumer facing Fantasy Sports website for Fastpoint Games, a digital platform developer that designs, implements and markets fantasy services for media and advertising partners...
in February 2007. Wu and fellow founder Wharton School professor Kent Smetters
Kent Smetters
-Early years:Smetters was raised in Ohio. He received his bachelor's degrees in Economics and Computer Science from the Ohio State University in 1990, and Master and PhD degrees in Economics from Harvard University in 1992 and 1995 respectively.- Academics :...
develop a new way to play fantasy sports, in which team owners control the market for athletes by buying and selling athletes like stockbrokers on a trading floor.
Background
Wu was born in 1970 and lived in Thousand Oaks, CA from 1979 to 2006. Prior to Sports Composite DE, Inc., Wu was the CEO of SportsSE, Inc. He also founded VR One Net and was the General Manager at Teltron Computers.David Wu attended the University of California Los Angeles as an undergraduate and the University of Pennsylvania's
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
Wharton School MBA program. Wu is also serving as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the UCLA Venture Fund.