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Robert Hao

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Pledgeapp.ai - the bank for collectibles
Pasadena, California, United States

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  • Gold House
    Limited Partner
    Gold House
    Sep 2025 - Current (1 year 1 month)
  • Pledge Group Inc
    CEO
    Pledge Group Inc
    May 2025 - Current (1 year 5 months)
    Pledge is reinventing asset-backed lending for the culture, helping collectors unlock cash from their inventory while keeping full control.
  • AirAngels
    Investor
    AirAngels
    Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 9 months)
    I'm fascinated with entrepreneurs and their stories - it's a bonus if I can help them in someway.

    Investor at:
    - Lighthouse.app
    - Panchama
    - Sprout Networks
  • Alibabacom
    Director, North America
    Alibabacom
    Nov 2024 - Apr 2025 (6 months)
  • POIZON Global
    Senior Director, Enterprise Partnerships
    POIZON Global
    Sep 2023 - Nov 2024 (1 year 3 months)
    Building the go-to global online marketplace for sneakers, apparel, and luxury products.
  • KiwiCo Inc
    Senior Director (New Growth Initiatives)
    KiwiCo Inc
    Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 7 months)
    Helping kids think BIG and become creators and producers instead of just consumers.
  • GOAT Group
    General Manager, China
    GOAT Group
    Mar 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 9 months)
    China GM, responsible for business development, logistics, marketing, and product development. Built operation from ground up and led the launch of a successful product in the China market.

    - Achieved revenue and overhead goals
    - In 9 months built out a 40 pax cross-functional team across brand and performance marketing, product, engineering, design, BD, customer experience, and recruitment/talent/HR/legal/finance.
    - Created and implemented experiential marketing program with celebrity attendees (Singer Nick Chow/NBA player PJ Tucker) receiving Weibo Hot Topic status and over 1 billion impressions
  • GOAT Sneaker Marketplace
    Head of Growth, Advisor
    GOAT Sneaker Marketplace
    Oct 2018 - May 2021 (2 years 8 months)
  • Hype Ltd
    Co-Founder and COO
    Hype Ltd
    Jun 2017 - Jul 2021 (4 years 2 months)
    HYPE is a team of passionate Venture Builders that help Startups demystify, unlock, and succeed in Asia. We literally help Startups and Founders win first and in return, we take equity and investment allocation. We are looking to work with only a few startups a year. Portfolio and clients below:

    Management and strategy consulting:
    - 25+ clients across diverse industries such as SandboxVR (VR), KKday (travel marketplace), Eatigo (F&B SaaS), Tixr (ticketing), Carousell (online marketplace), Retykle (fashion), Surkus (entertainment)

    Venture funding & operating partners:
    - Portfolio included GOAT Group (fashion, e-commerce – China), Snapask (edtech– Korea), and Homage
    (elderly care – Malaysia), Minimeis baby
  • Airbnb
    Director, Business Operations & Strategy
    Airbnb
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year 2 months)
    Part of the China Leadership Team and responsible for the overall China Business Operations and Strategy department. Robert works cross-functionally to ensure each business unit/teams have the right resources and investments to succeed. Responsible for developing and driving business strategy for long-term positioning and growth. Responsible for the development of Airbnb's domestic business through Supply Operations.
  • Airbnb
    Director, BizOps and HCO
    Airbnb
    May 2014 - Jun 2016 (2 years 2 months)
    As a founding member in Asia, I helped set up Airbnb's presence in China and hyper-growth in the region. Responsible for growing the Airbnb business in China. Robert leads a team of 10 covering Business Operations & Strategy as well as Host & Community Operations. Work with a cross functional team to drive revenue growth, product/service evolution, and ensure operational excellence in Beijing. Scope of work covers five core functions including Product, Business Development, Marketing, Public Policy, and Supply.
  • Airbnb
    Head of Supply Operations
    Airbnb
    Jun 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years 1 month)
    Led the team to help grow China host supply to over 100,000 quality properties.
  • Gulf Connexions
    Consultant, Founding Member
    Gulf Connexions
    Jul 2011 - Jun 2012 (1 year)
    Founding member of Gulf Connexions HK. Instrumental in building a new technology recruitment business from the ground up.
  • F
    Co-Founder, Head of Product
    Faszion Ltd
    Jan 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 8 months)
    Hong Kong based e-Commerce startup curating and selling boutique designer apparel to the Mainland market. Faszion was selected to be part of batch 3 of Cyberport's Incutrain incubator and received $250,000 USD seed funding.
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    Co-Founder, Hong Kong Regional Director
    UP Concept Ltd
    Dec 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 3 months)
    Robert was the co-founder and Managing Director of 1UP Concept. 1UP Concept is an apparel company servicing universities in Hong Kong and Hangzhou, China.
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    Data Analyst (internship)
    Skoll Foundation Capricorn Investments
    Apr 2008 - Sep 2008 (6 months)
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  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Economics
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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