György Simó

György is one of Hungary’s best known faces in the IT-focused angel investor community. He brings invaluable local market knowledge and investor experience to our Fund. György started his career as a journalist and joined the Magyar Telekom Group in 1998 where he led the establishment of Hungary’s market leader Internet portal [origo]. From 2003 György was the CEO of T-Online Hungary and held executive positions at Magyar Telekom where he was responsible for new media company acquisitions, new business development in media, e-commerce and data management services lines and the establishment of the company’s innovation center, Kitchen Budapest. From 2008 he was COO of the Alternative Businesses and Corporate Development Business Unit of the leading Hungarian telecommunications company where he gained solid expertise in supporting entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses.