The Future Is Now
Video games are more than interactive entertainment; they are part of a multibillion-dollar industry you may have never heard of. Beyond the stereotypical isolated teenager, today’s players represent every demographic and every part of the world. Championship competitions in esports—complete with professional players, teams, and lucrative sponsorships—are often broadcast to audiences rivaling that of the Super Bowl. And the gaming industry is bursting with investment opportunities, emerging career paths, and innovation.
Investment expert Lucy Chow has selected 34 essays from thought leaders in the gaming industry. These curated perspectives of the global network of game-changing esports insiders provide a back-stage pass to the impact and future of gaming. This diverse group of players, entrepreneurs, investors, and educators pull back the curtain, revealing the use of gaming in schools, the growing roles of women in the field, and innovative business opportunities. In building bridges among these, Chow welcomes you into a thriving community to discover a new opportunity for your own success.
Lucy is focused on the innovation space, both in terms of supporting founders and as an investor. She is the secretary general of the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) Global Women Leaders Committee and an Investment Committee Director for the WBAF Angel Investment Fund. She is also an investor with NextWave Impact Fund and The Founder Institute and is a limited partner with numerous funds globally. She has a video series targeted at entrepreneurs titled Down to Business.
Lucy has garnered a strong reputation as someone who has helped build the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the UAE. She was named one of #LinkedInTopVoices 2020 for MENA, was one of CEO Middle East’s Influential Women in the Arab World 2020, and is Titanium Magazine’s Top 50 Global Inspirational Women to Look Out for in 2022. Lucy contributes regularly to entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and investor events and forums as a speaker, moderator, and judge.
She sits on the Board of Trustees for the American School of Dubai, as well as the Solidarity Circle, UNHCR. She has been a contributing author for Life on the Move, an anthology of stories about expat life, and The Possibilities Project: A Young Person’s Guide to Career Success. She is pleased to be an Ambassador for Women in Games (WIGJ) and sits on the Steering Committee of #2022FemaleAngels. She has a joint EMBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and the HK University of Science and Technology and a BA, International Relations, from the University of British Columbia. She is a future-focused thought leader, and Changing the Game is her first book.
