Derek Wall

Derek Wall serves as Founder, CEO and CTO of HUBX, a marketplace platform democratizing and disrupting the trillion dollar secondary distribution industry by empowering manufacturers, brands and distributors to sell anonymously direct to worldwide B2B customers.

Born and raised in Silicon Valley into a family of startup entrepreneurs, Derek has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and a keen eye for business. Despite battling dyslexia and dropping out of high school his senior year, Derek helped launch Ezekiel Clothing, out of his house at age 19, and nearly 30 years later Ezekiel is a top surf and skate brand sold at top-tier retailers around the world. Derek continued to excel in manufacturing as he went on to co-found a snowboard distribution and manufacturing company at age 23, which was acquired by a public company two years later.

In 1996 and at the age 26, Derek co-founded TechStore one of the first online computer retailers. In 1999 Derek co-founded eMarketplace a publicly held Silicon Valley internet software incubator, which acquired TechStore giving a combined value of $189M.

He continued to prove his business prowess when he founded BuyNow – a subsidiary of Buy.com – which was later acquired by one of the top three internet companies in the world, Rakuten, for $250 million in 2010. Up until 2014, Derek was also Founder and CEO of VAULT, a Rakuten-company and the first online event-based fashion marketplace.

In 2017, Derek sought to disrupt traditional distribution and enrolled at HBX Harvard Business School with professor Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation, which lead Derek to write his final thesis of what HUBX is today. Since launching, HUBX has exceeded all expectations - crushing $200M within its first year, and has amassed customers in 101 countries.

Outside of his personal ventures, Derek is passionate about mentoring start-up founders and advising startups.