Victor Ho
FounderFounder/CEO at Fivestars · Executive at Sumup
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedFivestars · YC
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About
Victor Ho co-founded Fivestars after working at McKinsey & Company, where he developed loyalty and customer engagement strategies for major corporations, and earlier served as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. He holds three degrees from UC Berkeley in Industrial Engineering, Rhetoric, and Business Administration.
Founder/CEO at FivestarsYC W11
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Experience
- SabbaticalHuman Being2024 — 2025
- SumUpAdvisor2023San Francisco Bay Area
- SumUpCEO, North America2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Fivestars by SumUpCEO & Co-Founder2010 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2008 — 2010Manhattan, New York
- Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Analyst, Financial Institutions Group2007Manhattan, New York
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipValue CreationStrategyInvestment BankingStart-upsMicrosoft ExcelProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalManagement ConsultingMarket AnalysisCross-functional Team Leadership
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Victor Ho?
- Victor Ho co-founded Fivestars after working at McKinsey & Company, where he developed loyalty and customer engagement strategies for major corporations, and earlier served as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. He holds three degrees from UC Berkeley in Industrial Engineering, Rhetoric, and Business Administration.
- Where does Victor Ho work?
- Victor Ho is Founder/CEO of Fivestars.
- What companies did Victor Ho found?
- Victor Ho founded Fivestars.
- Where did Victor Ho go to school?
- Victor Ho studied at Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA); University of California, Berkeley (BS/BA, Business Administration); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management).
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