Geoffrey Handley (born April 9. 1975) is an entrepreneur, technology pioneer, and investor. He is a General Partner at the investment firm Haitao Capital and serves as an advisor and board member to several portfolio companies. Handley is most well known as co-founder of the mobile agency, The Hyperfactory founded with his brother

Derek Handley Derek Handley (born 1978) is a New Zealand entrepreneur, speaker, and author who was born in Hong Kong. With his brother Geoffrey Handley, he co-founded the global mobile marketing and media company The Hyperfactoryand the mobile advertising ...

in 2001 and as an outspoken Sinologist and author. Handley was also a founding team member of Asia's first intranet company, Pacific Connections, subsequently acquired by CHINA.COM (HSI:8006) during the

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. He is also co-founder with his brothers of mobile advertising network, Snakk Media, which was listed on the

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in 2013, becoming one of the first publicly listed

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in the world.

Early life

Handley is a 5th generation Hong Kong born

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and the oldest of three siblings. Handley's mother is of Malay, Arab and Chinese ancestry, and his father is Scottish. His cousin is Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

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. He became a New Zealand citizen in 1995.

Geoffrey Handley and The Hyperfactory

In 2001, Handley founded global mobile marketing and media company The Hyperfactory with his brother Derek. Ac