birth_place name article_title citizenship occupation
hong kong o.d. kobo od kobo
 israel internet entrepreneur
od kobo

oded david `` o.d. '' kobo -lrb- ; born august 30 , 1975 -rrb- is a serial internet entrepreneur , computer programmer and angel investor .
a strong influence in a number of innovative start-ups over the last few years , kobo started his it career at the age of 21 by developing patented technology for the online lottery industry .
he later established it outsource facilities in israel and china , which led him to co-found several chinese internet companies namely kgim , sinosheen and koolanoo group .
kgim a holding group of multiple internet properties and a seed investment group was once partnered with the former prime minister of qatar hamad bin jassim bin jaber al thani and later sold to east river capital for us $ 80 million .
kobo had also founded pheed , a popular teen social media app that was launched in november 2012 and sold in march 2014 to mobli media group a subsidiary of carlos slim for us $ 40 million .
kobo , an active board member sits on the board of several it companies most recently mm apps , a popular app development company focusing on messaging services .
kobo is partnered in mm apps with david guetta , avicii , will.i.am , tiësto , sebastian ingrosso , nicki minaj , abba , ash pournouri and the former chairman of geffen records gee roberson amongst other notable figures from the music industry .
mm apps has developed and operates multiple apps in china and the rest of the world , the first app music messenger launched september 21 , 2014 on both iphone and android devices and was reported on april 20 , 2015 to be growing at a rate of 1 million new users per month .
on april 20 , 2015 multi-billionaire businessman roman abramovich partnered with kobo in mm apps by leading a $ 30 million investment round .
mm apps operates several apps in china with a concentration on music and messaging .
kobo sits on the board of several start-up companies in both asia and israel .
he is a former board director of camden market holdings , a real estate conglomerate based in london , england owner of the iconic camden market , stables market and camden lock developments .
camden market holdings was sold in march 2014 for us $ 664 million to israeli billionaire teddy sagi of playtech .
