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Tao Tao is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of GetYourGuide, a global online travel agency and marketplace for tour guides and excursions based in Berlin, Germany. He established the company in 2009 alongside co-founder Johannes Reck after the two met as students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Under his operational leadership, the platform has expanded to offer over 75,000 activities worldwide and has facilitated the sale of more than 80 million tickets. Tao has played a critical role in scaling the business into a unicorn, helping secure over $1 billion in total funding from prominent institutional investors including SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital, and Temasek Holdings. His current focus centers on driving global operational efficiency, expanding the company's footprint in the North American market, and integrating artificial intelligence into the travel experience.