Debby Soo

Early life and education Soo was born in Daly City, California into a blue collar family. Her parents, Ken and Carol Soo, who had immigrated from Taiwan on a lottery visa in the early 1980s, raised her in a two-bedroom apartment with her maternal grandparents and a maternal aunt and uncle. She was an only child. She has an MBA degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management. By 2015, Soo was the head of the company's Asia Pacific division.

Soo became CEO of OpenTable in the summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic's disruption of the restaurant industry worldwide. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the company showed revenue growth in the double digits in 2025 and had quadrupled its share price from 2020.

Personal life As of 2026 Soo lived in Hillsborough, California. She is married and has two sons. She speaks Chinese.