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Joseph Phua

b. 1984

Singaporean entrepreneur

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About Joseph Phua

Born 1984. Joseph Phua is a Singaporean entrepreneur.

Joseph Phua is a Singaporean-Taiwanese entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the dating app Paktor and co-founder and chairman of the live streaming platform 17LIVE Group. He is also the founder of and chairman of the single family office Turn Capital.

Education Phua attended Stern School of Business, New York University, majoring in Finance for his undergraduate degree. He obtained a master's degree in Business Administration from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Career Phua is the founder of Paktor, a mobile dating app targeting Asia markets he launched in 2014. He was inspired by the dating app Tinder that he used while attending the University of Chicago in 2012.

In 2017, Phua merged Paktor with 17 Media, a live streaming platform founded by Jeffrey Huang, to form M17 Entertainment. After the merger, Phua became the CEO of M17 Entertainment. In 2020, he resigned as the CEO and assumed the role of chairman and the group was renamed 17LIVE Group. Phua is said to be 17LIVE's largest individual shareholder after the company went public on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2023. In 2019, Phua was selected by Asian fashion media Tatler as a Generation T (Gen.T) award recipient.

In 2021, Phua's family investment office, Turn Capital, acquired the podcast platform SoundOn and merged it with the voice social service Goodnight. The same year, he also acquired Dapp Pocket and Cappuu of a Taiwanese blockchain company. The two companies, Dapp Pocket and Cappuu, were later merged into a retail blockchain finance platform Coinomo. an independent news platform in Taiwan. In December 2024 it was announced that Turnsport had made a financial association with Kings Lynn Football Club who play in the National League North, the 7th tier of England's Football pyramid.

Philanthropy In 2021, Phua announced the establishment of the Phua and Chang Family Scholarship, a University of Chicago Booth School of Business endowment. The scholarship was first awarded to a student from Taiwan.

Personal life

Phua has one child with his wife, whom he met through the Paktor app.

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Important facts

Born
1984
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Education
Stern School of Business, Booth School of Business
Also known as
Pan Jiexian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joseph Phua?

Singaporean entrepreneur

When was Joseph Phua born?

Joseph Phua was born in 1984.

What is Joseph Phua's occupation?

Joseph Phua is an entrepreneur.

What nationality is Joseph Phua?

Joseph Phua is Singaporean.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joseph Phua

· Wikidata: Q118528532

· DBpedia: Joseph Phua

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