Phu Hoang

Phu came out of retirement to join Kiva in 2009 and served as Kiva's VP of Product Development. Phu left Viet Nam along with his family in April 1975, when he was 10 years old. He considers himself extremely fortunate in his life in America and is thrilled to be able to help others get a similar opportunity to improve their lives. Prior to Kiva, Phu spent over 11 years at Yahoo heading up Engineering for Yahoo's consumer web sites, advertising systems, and platform. His greatest gift in life is his wife Tamar and their three children: Jason, Grace, and Allison. Phu hurts himself frequently playing basketball, tennis, and poker. He studied at the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of California, Berkeley.