Ayondo Acquires TradeHero

SHO's CEO is Mr Dinesh Bhatia, who founded TradeHero


7 February 2017

The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Dinesh Bhatia as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Dinesh has double Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Washington University in St Louis USA and a Master of Science degree in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine from Imperial College in London UK and is a start-up entrepreneur with broad experience in starting up companies in the high-tech arena, especially in the early-stage level moving forward. He has direct experience with television, telecommunication and internet industries specialising in B2C high-tech software plays, software and strategic consulting, and start-ups. Dinesh has CEO experience including multiple successful fund-raising campaigns, leadership, strategic direction formulation and tactical oversight/action. Dinesh’s experience with companies include CEO & Founder of Edgematrix, co-founder Bowtie Asia, Director and Partner Interruption Television, Director & co-founder Iteru, Executive Director and Partner Okilabs, Founding Consultant O Channel TV, Jakarta, Partner and VP/Co-founder of Mobinex. During 2009-2012, Dinesh was with Vickers Venture Partners as an Entrepreneur-InResidence and Venture Partner. From 2010-2012, Dinesh was a co-founder and partner of Edenpod, an independent creative mobile app studio and incubator. Dinesh is currently CEO/co-founder of MyHero which released TradeHero, a gamified approach to stock trading which allows anyone to monetise through their ranked trader performance. TradeHero has secured #1 position in the finance category in more than 75 countries on the iOS App Store. Dinesh has presented at many forums and conferences worldwide including the APEC Telecommunications and Ministerial Meeting (TELMIN4), Red Herring, APEC Young Leaders Forum, Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference, Digital Hollywood. In 2015, Dinesh was voted Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business for teaching aspiring investors to make the leap. Dinesh is a recipient of many other awards including the Young Professional of the Year Award in 2001 from the Singapore Computer Society and the Washington University Young Alumni Award in 2001 for pioneering and innovating business systems.