Anthony J. Bates is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies. Presently, he holds the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Skype Technologies SA. Mr. Bates is also on the board of eBay, Inc., VMware, Inc., Tipping Point Community and Netskope, Inc.

In his past career he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Skype Ltd., President & Director at GoPro, Inc., SVP, GM-Enterprise, Commercial & Small Business at Cisco Systems, Inc., Executive VP-Business Development & Evangelism at Microsoft Corp. President & Chief Executive Officer for Skype SARL and Chief Executive Officer for Skype, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Microsoft Corp.), Principal at Internet MCI, President & Chief Operating Officer at Intellectual Ventures LLC and Vice Chairman of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.