Kun Gao

Kun is co-founder and CEO of Forge, the first of its kind loyalty and rewards platform for gaming and entertainment, and co-founder of GGWP, an AI platform modernizing moderation and tackling toxicity in gaming and communities.

Previously, he founded Crunchyroll, the world's largest destination for anime and manga, and served as CEO for over a decade. He brings 20 years of experience in consumer media, including founding social mapping service Frappr, product and engineering at Slide and HOTorNOT.

Kun graduated from UC Berkeley with honors B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and B.A. in Applied Mathematics in 2004, and was a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.