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Aaron Tsai is a Chinese-American entrepreneur, investment banker, venture capitalist, and fin tech visionary. He is the Founder and Chief Capitalist of [https://ift.tt/39UOCgN MAS Capital Inc.] and [https://ift.tt/2Xp0zJa MASEx] - MAS Capital Universal Exchange Inc.
[[File:Aaron Tsai photo.jpg|alt=Aaron Tsai|thumb|180x180px|Aaron Tsai]]
Since 1995, Aaron has advised over 30 companies worldwide, in going public in the U.S. stock markets via [[Initial public offering|IPO]] and reverse merger transactions. He is known as the "King of Shells" on Wall Street<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, as he created 101 public shell companies in the 1990s. According to this [https://ift.tt/39XBgR1 October Wall Street Journal article], Aaron "… is at the leading edge of a resurgence in "blank check," or shell, companies …". He was the Chairman and CEO of MAS Capital Securities, Inc. from 1999 to 2002.
Today, he is advising both public and private companies in conducting STOs (Security Token Offerings) in multiple jurisdictions and obtaining listings for secondary trading on MASEx.
== Early Life and Education ==
[https://aaron-tsai.com/ Aaron Tsai] was born in [[Taipei]] and moved with his family to the [[United States]] when he was 12, living in [[Indiana]] and [[Kentucky]]. He attended the [[New York University]] Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 1988 to 1990. Aaron launched two digital technology ventures in [[Silicon Valley]] during the [[dotcom boom]] in the mid-1990s. The first venture was American Multimedia, Inc and the second one, Multi Access Systems, Inc. ("MAS"), was formed to develop a TV-based multimedia operating system to compete with Microsoft Windows — similar to today's Apple TV.
He also acquired ACOM, a computer notebook company, via a reverse merger through Aimex International Corp., a public shell company listed on the [[OTCBB]] under the symbol AMIX with the issuance of redeemable preferred stock of AMIX. Although the company went bankrupt during an [[Initial public offering|IPO]] attempt.
== Security Tokens and Digital Exchanges ==
Even during his stint in building up public shell companies, Aaron Tsai already expressed his interest in establishing a full-service Internet investment-banking firm. "We believe the Internet will open the equity markets to individual investors, create alternative stock-trading systems for them and thereby change the model of capital formation that exists today," he said in a [https://ift.tt/39XBgR1 WSJ interview.]
Aaron founded MASEx, a global Security Token exchange, in August 2018. As interest in STOs by issuers and investors grows around the world, regulatory uncertainties in conducting a multi-jurisdictional STO and secondary trading on an exchange — like MASEx — arose. This led Aaron to participate in multiple keynotes and become a thought leader on regulatory compliance, due diligence, and [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] matters.
At a keynote speech at the [https://ift.tt/3edyt9x Security Token Summit in Los Angeles in April 2019], he called for an urgent decentralization and regulation of STOs. "We are going through a seismic shift that extends across the entire financial industry. This will disrupt the existing oligopoly of financial institutions in banking, securities and fund management sectors. Regulators must rise to the occasion," he stressed.
MASEx went live in November 2019 with plans to further innovate by using artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies to form a decentralized exchange to trade securities, commodities, FOREX and digital assets on a universal trading platform. MASEx aims to empower investors and capitalists through security tokens with the following features: cross-border mobility, ease of investor access, fractional ownership, and financial inclusion for the unbanked. STOs will also provide enhanced secondary-market liquidity.
Aaron is an experienced technologist and investment banker armed with extensive regulatory knowledge with the SEC. Aaron guides companies worldwide to navigate safely, through the financial and regulatory jungles around the world in their STO or IPO quest for capital. Aaron thrived through the bulls and the bears and with his eyes now looking beyond the US focusing on Asia, the fastest-growing region in the world.
== References ==
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== External Links ==
* [https://ift.tt/39UOCgN MAS Capital Inc.]
* [https://ift.tt/2Xp0zJa MASEx]
*[https://aaron-tsai.com/ Aaron Tsai]
[[File:Aaron Tsai photo.jpg|alt=Aaron Tsai|thumb|180x180px|Aaron Tsai]]
Since 1995, Aaron has advised over 30 companies worldwide, in going public in the U.S. stock markets via [[Initial public offering|IPO]] and reverse merger transactions. He is known as the "King of Shells" on Wall Street<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, as he created 101 public shell companies in the 1990s. According to this [https://ift.tt/39XBgR1 October Wall Street Journal article], Aaron "… is at the leading edge of a resurgence in "blank check," or shell, companies …". He was the Chairman and CEO of MAS Capital Securities, Inc. from 1999 to 2002.
Today, he is advising both public and private companies in conducting STOs (Security Token Offerings) in multiple jurisdictions and obtaining listings for secondary trading on MASEx.
== Early Life and Education ==
[https://aaron-tsai.com/ Aaron Tsai] was born in [[Taipei]] and moved with his family to the [[United States]] when he was 12, living in [[Indiana]] and [[Kentucky]]. He attended the [[New York University]] Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 1988 to 1990. Aaron launched two digital technology ventures in [[Silicon Valley]] during the [[dotcom boom]] in the mid-1990s. The first venture was American Multimedia, Inc and the second one, Multi Access Systems, Inc. ("MAS"), was formed to develop a TV-based multimedia operating system to compete with Microsoft Windows — similar to today's Apple TV.
He also acquired ACOM, a computer notebook company, via a reverse merger through Aimex International Corp., a public shell company listed on the [[OTCBB]] under the symbol AMIX with the issuance of redeemable preferred stock of AMIX. Although the company went bankrupt during an [[Initial public offering|IPO]] attempt.
== Security Tokens and Digital Exchanges ==
Even during his stint in building up public shell companies, Aaron Tsai already expressed his interest in establishing a full-service Internet investment-banking firm. "We believe the Internet will open the equity markets to individual investors, create alternative stock-trading systems for them and thereby change the model of capital formation that exists today," he said in a [https://ift.tt/39XBgR1 WSJ interview.]
Aaron founded MASEx, a global Security Token exchange, in August 2018. As interest in STOs by issuers and investors grows around the world, regulatory uncertainties in conducting a multi-jurisdictional STO and secondary trading on an exchange — like MASEx — arose. This led Aaron to participate in multiple keynotes and become a thought leader on regulatory compliance, due diligence, and [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] matters.
At a keynote speech at the [https://ift.tt/3edyt9x Security Token Summit in Los Angeles in April 2019], he called for an urgent decentralization and regulation of STOs. "We are going through a seismic shift that extends across the entire financial industry. This will disrupt the existing oligopoly of financial institutions in banking, securities and fund management sectors. Regulators must rise to the occasion," he stressed.
MASEx went live in November 2019 with plans to further innovate by using artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies to form a decentralized exchange to trade securities, commodities, FOREX and digital assets on a universal trading platform. MASEx aims to empower investors and capitalists through security tokens with the following features: cross-border mobility, ease of investor access, fractional ownership, and financial inclusion for the unbanked. STOs will also provide enhanced secondary-market liquidity.
Aaron is an experienced technologist and investment banker armed with extensive regulatory knowledge with the SEC. Aaron guides companies worldwide to navigate safely, through the financial and regulatory jungles around the world in their STO or IPO quest for capital. Aaron thrived through the bulls and the bears and with his eyes now looking beyond the US focusing on Asia, the fastest-growing region in the world.
== References ==
<references />
== External Links ==
* [https://ift.tt/39UOCgN MAS Capital Inc.]
* [https://ift.tt/2Xp0zJa MASEx]
*[https://aaron-tsai.com/ Aaron Tsai]
April 10, 2020 at 01:59PM
