Originally from King Williams Town, South Africa — David is man of many lives. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, David started his career as an Investment Banker at Bear, Stearns & Co. and Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the fintech and media sector. As attractive as the opportunity was, David wanted to take it step further. Something you should know about this guy is that he’s always hungry for MORE. Thus, David took his skills to Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) where he was part of their Corporate Development team dedicated to mergers and acquisitions and investments in social and mobile gaming.

He later moved on to become a part of a 6-person Executive team at Creative Artists Agency spearheading all of CAA’s digital initiatives. In five years time, David became well-versed in corporate consulting, digital strategy, venture investing, and new company incubations. He took all his learnings and was a founding member of WAV Media Inc., a music focused mobile live-streaming startup, where he was the Co-Head of the Electronic Dance Music department, and also lead the company’s strategy and business development efforts. This is where I came to recognize David and his high-profile network of partnerships. It may have taken a few extra rounds (of beer) to get him onboard, but soon after he was sold on joining the crew. I can’t express how excited I am to see David Ou join the team and take GMT to the next level, but I’m sure you’ll notice his efforts in the coming weeks!

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