birth_place name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
constance , germany cyriac roeding march 26 , 1973 mobile angel investing commerce , location-based services , mobile monetization , thumb cyriac roeding
 cyriac raimar roeding executive vp of cbs co-founder and ceo of shopkick karlsruhe institute of technology sophia university
cyriac roeding

cyriac roeding -lrb- born march 26 , 1973 -rrb- is a german-born entrepreneur and angel investor mainly active in silicon valley .
he is a former evp of cbs -lrb- nyse : cbs -rrb- , where he started the mobile division , and then became an entrepreneur-in-residence at kleiner perkins caufield & byers .
he is currently the co-founder and ceo of shopkick , a mobile shopping application , which as of january 2015 had 10 million users in the united states and 200 brand and retail partners , including macy 's , best buy , target corporation , old navy , crate & barrel , procter & gamble , revlon , unilever , pepsi , l'oreal and disney .
the app was ranked the most widely used shopping app in the real world by nielsen .
in october 2014 , shopkick launched in germany with 10 retail and brand partners nationwide and prosiebensat .1 as a strategic partner , in shopkick 's first international expansion .
also in october 2014 , shopkick was acquired for over $ 200m in cash by sk planet , part of sk group and sk telecom , a fortune 100 company and the mobile commerce market leader in south korea , in the largest mobile commerce transaction to date .
