Gil Penchina, Former CEO, Wikia Inc.
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Gil Penchina, Former CEO, Wikia Inc.

Angel investor and former CEO of Wikia, who has invested in companies such as LinkedIn, PayPal, and AngelList.
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Gil Penchina was an American manager of businesses. He was formerly vice president and general manager of eBay’s international division in addition to serving as CEO of Wikia Inc. He attended Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and graduated in 1997.

Gil Penchina is also well-known for his investments as a business angel. He started Flight VC, an angel investment syndicate on AngelList, and has made investments in several startups, including PayPal, LinkedIn, Ripple, and many more.


2023

Gil Penchina, a well-known angel investor and serial entrepreneur, has his eye on Pryze, an automated sweepstakes system based on the Ethereum blockchain. Gil is the creative force of Flight Ventures, an Angelist decentralized venture capital approach. His most recent endeavor, which he co-founded with Peter Franklin, aims to decentralize and lower the expenses associated with managing conventional sweepstakes and XPrize-style contests. The Pryze protocol aims to automate the majority of sweepstakes operation and compliance expenses while enabling the creation and administration of contests through a decentralized, secure system.


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