Jay Shapiro

Jersey City, New Jersey United States

NGO / Public Service

Jay comes to the Muskoka Foundation from a very different perspective. As one of the pioneers of the Internet industry in Asia, Jay had the good fortune to travel extensively throughout Asia, meeting all sorts of different people in different cultures, all unified by two things: 1) the incredible power of the Internet to connect people around the planet; and 2) the impact of entrepreneurship to affect a community of talented individuals and their network of families and friends. Jay grew his own business: "BLUE" from a small Singapore startup of 3 people, to a globally dominant, profitable force in the marketing industry; with offices in London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, Shang