Win Vareekasem

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, BEAM

Industry : Business

Win co-founded Beam in 2019, a company that pioneered a One-Click Checkout solution for Southeast Asia, making e-commerce four times faster on average. Under his leadership, Beam successfully raised a total of $5.2 million in funding, with support from investors like Sequoia Capital''s Surge. Within 18 months of launch, Beam crossed the $3 million revenue mark and secured partnerships with a thousand merchants. Win''s journey to entrepreneurship began after graduating as Student President from Harrow School and studying Aerospace Engineering in the UK. Following his studies, Win was an aerodynamics researcher with Airbus UK. After returning to Thailand, Win joined Roland Berger, where he became the firm''s Senior Consultant at the age of 26. He played a pivotal role in leading a joint-venture deal with WeWork and establishing a partnership with Google to set up the first Google Academy in Asia.