Rudy Rong
Rudy (Ruotian) Rong 戎若天 (born March 29, 1994) is a Chinese-American serial entrepreneur.[1] He is the Founder and CEO of Magic Ice Cube, KaratDAO,[2] and Magic Cube.[3][4][5]
Early life and education[edit]
Rudy was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, to Chinese billionaire parents[6] who cofounded Bianfeng Game in 1999, which later became the largest social casino company in China.
In 2008, Rudy came to America and was enrolled in his language school at Solebury School as a freshman. Two years later, Rudy transferred to Germantown Friends School as a Junior.[1] and studied there till 2013. He also studied at Wharton school.[1] During his high school years, Rong met his friends Adam Herrin and Ethan Rabinowitz, who later became cofounders of KaratDAO and essential team members of Magic Ice Cube.
He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, in 2017.[7][8][9]
Career[edit]
At 19, Rong started his first company Prime Union, which was covered by Los Angeles Times and CNN as the most exclusive luxury Chinese American private club. It charges a $20,000 membership fee per year.
In 2016, Rong founded Magic Cube[10][11][12][13] as a VR gaming company that later became a game publishing company on blockchain. Magic Cube received investments from Blackstone launchpad, Plug and Play, IDG, and Tencent. Rong is also the co-founder of KaratDAO,[2] a network of users’ web 2&3 identity data created by the people for the people, utilizing blockchain technologies including oracle, soulbound token, and conditional burn. Rong is the Founder and CEO of Authentik Studios.[14][15]
In 2020, Rudy founded Magic Ice Cube,[10][16] one of the largest distributors of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in California and the United States. Magic Ice Cube was featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes due to their stellar track record, 90,000 square feet of storage space in Los Angeles packed with PPE, along with their twenty-two loading docks that ensure logis3cal efficiency for larger volume orders. Magic Ice Cube has delivered PPE directly to military, corporate, national retailers, and multiple government en33es (list provided below) throughout North America, the Middle East, and other territories.
According to Rudy’s interview with Lesley Stahl in CBS 60 Minutes, the newly established PPE company acquired clients including FBI, Cadu,[1] Victoria Secret, TJ Max, Starbucks. He was featured in CNN’s Life with Lisa Ling, where he talked about his understanding of the new struggles of young rich new immigrants from China. He was a speaker at NEO DevCon (2019),[5] The Web3 & NFT Event of 2022,[17][18] DCentral Miami 2022,[2][19] DEMO (2022),[20] and The Metaverse Expo (2022).[21]
He has been featured on iSmart Podcast[22] and was starred in the reality TV show Attention All tourists with Ouyang NaNa and Bosco Hong for 21 episodes.
Recognition[edit]
In 2017, Rong was awarded as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Asia.[3][23] and in 2019, Rong was awarded Hurun 30 Under 30.[24][25]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Grovara Supports 60 Minutes Piece on PPE, Brings Transparency to Supply Chain". Grovara. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "DCentral Miami 2022 returns in November".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flannery, Russell. "Forbes China Unveils List Of 300 Top Innovators, Entrepreneurs And Leaders Under Age 30". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "ABOUT MIC - Magic Ice Cube LLC". www.magicicecube.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NEO DevCon 2019 | NEO | 16 February 2019 | Grand... | Qwoted". app.qwoted.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "This real-life 'Crazy Rich Asian' wants to find the meaning of wealth".
- ↑ "China's rich offspring bring decadence to the US — amid qualms". SFGATE. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ Twitter; Instagram; Email; Facebook (2016-08-13). "To be young, rich and Chinese in America: Amid all that flashy spending, a sense of loss". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Rudy Rong | University of Southern California - Academia.edu". usc.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "California State University Receives Donation of 50,000 Protective Masks from Magic Ice Cube and Imagen/SanGuard | CSU". www.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Chinese Billionaire's Son Bets Big on Blockchain-Based Gaming, But Will Players Take to It?". 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Magic Cube Coin".
- ↑ Rhodes, Brett (2018-10-09). "Magic Cube: Building a decentralized gaming and entertainment ecosystem on NEO". Neo News Today. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "DEMO Day 2022 | USC Marshall". www.marshall.usc.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "About Us". Authentik Studios. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Rudy Rong - Founder and CEO - Magic Ice Cube | Business Profile". Apollo.io. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Dcentral Austin". www.industryevents.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Dcentral Austin - Web3 Conference June 7th-8th- | DCENTRAL 🌎". DCENTRAL Miami. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "DCentral Miami 2022 — November 28-29, 2022 » Crypto Events". 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "DEMO". troylabsdemo.webflow.io. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Metaverse Expo 2022". themetaverseexpo.io. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "iSmart Podcast: Becoming the largest PPE provider in the United States with Rudy Rong on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "2017福布斯公布中国30位30岁以下精英榜". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "Hurun Report released "2019 Hurun Under30s Entrepreneurial Leaders"".
- ↑ ""2019 Hurun Under30s Entrepreneurial Leaders" is released | 380 young talents are on the list!".
