Primary Job Title Founder, Owner & Investor Primary Organization 
GoToLaunch
Location Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage
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Derek Sivers is originally a professional musician and circus clown, and created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education.
In 2011, he moved to Singapore and published a
book which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. His new company is Wood Egg, publishing annual guides to 16 countries in Asia.
