Norman Wanto

Norman Wanto is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotrade, a financial technology company currently based in Singapore, Singapore. He established the digital investment platform in 2019 to enable retail users across Southeast Asia to trade United States equities, options, and exchange-traded funds without traditional geographic barriers. Under his direct executive leadership, the startup participated in the Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch and subsequently secured $15.5 million in a Series A funding round. Wanto has successfully scaled the organization's global operations to support a workforce of 105 employees while attracting institutional backing from prominent venture capital firms, including Velocity Capital, Kibo Ventures, Picus Capital, and BEENEXT. His current professional focus centers on expanding international retail access to American financial markets through the continuous development of proprietary mobile brokerage infrastructure and scalable cross-border investment technologies.