# Ling Xiao

> Ling Xiao is the CEO of Ruvixx, Inc., a San Francisco-based SaaS platform helping enterprise brands protect intellectual property, automate license compliance, and convert market opportunities into revenue. A serial entrepreneur with deep roots in Silicon Valley, he co-founded Playdom - the social gaming company acquired by Disney in 2010 for up to $763 million - and later co-founded GGWP, an AI-powered platform tackling toxicity in online gaming. Trained in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley and computer science at Stanford, Xiao brings a rare combination of engineering rigor, product instinct, and entrepreneurial range that has taken him from Google's data teams to Disney's exec suite to the frontier of brand intelligence.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Ruvixx, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Ruvixx, Inc., GGWP, Playdom, The Walt Disney Company, Google
- **Education:** Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, Secondary Education, Woburn Collegiate Institute
- **Known for:** Co-founded Playdom, the No. 3 social gaming company which was acquired by Disney in 2010 in the richest deal in the history of social gaming at the time - up to $763 million, Playdom had 42 million monthly players at time of Disney acquisition, Co-founded GGWP, the AI-powered platform combating toxicity in online games, which raised $12 million in seed funding

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Worked at Google, analyzing data anomalies and contributing to search engineering
- **Stanford** — Researched scalable visual analysis of large datasets at Stanford as a PhD candidate in Computer Science
- **2008** — Co-founded Playdom, Inc. with Chris Wang and Dan Yue, taking on VP of Engineering role
- **2010** — The Walt Disney Company acquired Playdom for up to $763 million ($563M upfront + $200M earnout); Ling became VP of Technology at Disney
- **2010-2016** — Served as Chief Digital Officer and Co-Founder at Playdom under Disney umbrella; later VP Technology at The Walt Disney Company
- **2016** — Disney shut down Playdom operations
- **2020** — Co-founded GGWP with Dennis Fong, Kun Gao, and George Ng; served as Chief Product Officer
- **2022** — GGWP raised $12 million seed round led by Bitkraft Ventures, with backing from Riot Games, Sony, and others
- **ongoing** — Angel investor and board member at Ruvixx Inc., Reflektive, Kenzie Academy, Brava Home Inc., and Green Chef
- **current** — Serving as Chief Executive Officer at Ruvixx, Inc., leading brand protection and IP management platform

## Achievements

- Co-founded Playdom, the No. 3 social gaming company which was acquired by Disney in 2010 in the richest deal in the history of social gaming at the time - up to $763 million
- Playdom had 42 million monthly players at time of Disney acquisition
- Co-founded GGWP, the AI-powered platform combating toxicity in online games, which raised $12 million in seed funding
- Holds MS in Computer Science from Stanford and BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley
- Angel investor and board member at multiple technology companies including Reflektive, Kenzie Academy, Brava Home Inc., and Green Chef
- Led engineering, art, and UI organizations at Playdom, scaling from startup to Disney subsidiary
- Built core platform services at Playdom including analytics and monetization platforms
- CEO of Ruvixx, which serves enterprise clients including Adobe, Chaos, and Trimble

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Ruvixx expanded operations team, hiring Investigative Operations & Data Head and new OSINT specialists
- **2026-05** — Ruvixx annual revenue reached $8.6 million; serving enterprise clients including Adobe, Chaos, and Trimble
- **2025-12** — Ruvixx continued growing anti-piracy and compliance division with new engagement specialists

## Links

- Website: https://ruvixx.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/slicezero
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008093898068

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Last updated: 2026-05-16