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Kyu Ho is a managing partner of Initial Ventures and was previously Chief Investment Officer of Wuzhu Asia Partners and Managing Director of CPP Investments. He received his B.S. in Economics from Northwestern University in 1997 and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 2004.
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