Courtesy of Teddy Liaw
- Teddy Liaw is a tech CEO who left San Francisco for a Las Vegas suburb in 2021.
- Liaw had grown frustrated with The Bay Area's crime and wanted a family-friendly and lively city.
- Since moving, Liaw said it's his mission to introduce others to everything Vegas has to offer.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Teddy Liaw, the 45-year-old CEO of contact center solutions company NexRep, who moved from San Francisco to Summerlin, Nevada, a Las Vegas suburb, in 2021 after he grew frustrated by crime in the Bay Area. Liaw founded the Vegas Tech Summit, a multi-day tech conference promoting Vegas as a burgeoning tech center.
The following has been edited for length and clarity.