Born and raised in Vienna, Yat Siu is a music major turned computer geek. The founder and CEO of Outblaze, a developer of cloud computing services for digital media and entertainment, started the first free Web hosting and e-mail provider in Asia. He is also a Web services pioneer in Hong Kong. His journey started by playing computer games.
Why did you switch from piano to computer?
I got my music degree for my musician parents. But after getting my first computer in the mid-1980s, I started playing computer games, writing codes and teaching myself programming. It's an area that truly interests me and gives me instant satisfaction.
How did you become an entrepreneur?
When I went to the United States to get formal training in computer science, the company I worked for declared bankruptcy and a bunch of laid-off programmers, including me, started a company which was later acquired.
How did your career develop in Hong Kong?