Christine Tsai co-founded 500 Global after spending nearly eight years at Google working on products like AdSense and YouTube, bringing an operator background rather than the typical banking or consulting path that most VCs follow. She has personally driven 500's expansion into emerging markets across Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe, often spending time on the ground in places like Cambodia, Georgia, and Saudi Arabia to build local startup ecosystems. Christine Tsai co-founded 500 Global after spending nearly eight years at Google working on products like AdSense and YouTube, bringing an operator background rather than the typical banking or consulting path that most VCs follow. She has personally driven 500's expansion into emerging markets across Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe, often spending time on the ground in places like Cambodia, Georgia, and Saudi Arabia to build local startup ecosystems.