Zaw's Bio
CEO of 4INFO
As the CEO and co-founder of 4INFO (http://www.4INFO.net), the leading SMS/text messaging media company, Zaw Thet is helping to set the bar for how consumers search, access, and engage with content on their mobile devices. Founded in 2004, 4INFO helps people stay in the know on the go by delivering millions of real-time answers and SMS alerts a day. 4INFO’s services work on any cell phone and are free of charge. 4INFO is also the largest SMS ad network in the US, connecting publishing partners like USA TODAY, NBC, IAC, MTV, Comcast, the NBA, and Maxim with major advertisers. 4INFO is backed by U.S. Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gannett, and NBC Universal. Prior to 4INFO, Zaw was part of the early social networking industry, as a Director at Spoke Software. Zaw also did a short stint at IBM, was the co-founder and CEO of GetInventory, a web-based supply chain management company, and was a special consultant to the San Francisco 49ers. He is an active advisor and investor in the start-up community. His entrepreneurial pursuits have been featured in: The New York Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur Magazine, and CNN. Business Week selected Zaw in 2006 as one of the “New M-Commerce Barons.” Zaw has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Soros Fellow. He received his BA from Stanford University in Political Science (minoring in Computer Science) where he was a President's Scholar.
In his spare time (which is limited these days), Zaw snowboards, rock climbs, does bikram yoga, and flies small planes.
