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Barry Chiu

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CEO & Co-Founder at Kroo
📍 New York, New York, United States

Barry Chiu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kroo, a data management platform for the construction industry. A speaker at events like the BuiltWorlds Venture Conference, he leverages his background in real estate private equity and his Wharton education to help contractors utilize data-driven insights to improve their business operations.

During his time at the University of Pennsylvania, Barry took on a leadership role as the president of the Wharton China Business Society. His focus is on the intersection of technology, finance, and legacy industries like construction, showing a clear passion for modernizing established sectors.

He has a keen eye on market disruption, recently pointing out how new AI tools from companies like OpenAI could render many existing construction tech startups obsolete.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
CEO & Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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AI in Construction
He actively discusses the disruptive potential of new AI tools on the construction tech landscape and is integrating AI into his own products at Kroo.
Data-Driven Construction
He is quoted stating that top contractors use data to run their businesses better, a core principle behind his data management platform, Kroo.
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Career

Work history

2024
CEO & Co-Founder
Kroo
2021 - 2024
Real Estate Private Equity
Rockpoint
2019 - 2021
Investment Banking
UBS
In the press

Media appearances

Episode 35 – Interview with Barry Chiu, CEO & Co-Founder of Kroo. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
The Wharton School
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Taipei American School
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