About

Our Principal established Lance East Office in 2021 to help manage and grow his wealth, along with his philanthropy, after considerable success as an entrepreneur.

After leaving high school, our Principal studied Actuarial Studies and Economics at Macquarie University, before shifting to Applied Finance. After completing his studies, he worked full-time in investment advisory, superannuation, taxation and financial planning over several years within financial institutions.

He has been an angel investor, founder and entrepreneur in the games industry for 12 years, founding White Knight Games in 2004 and was a founder and angel investor in Anino Mobile, one of the Philippines’ premier game development studios (which was acquired by Playlab in 2014).

In 2010 he established the tech and online social games company, Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW), with the support of his parents and the family. With the launch of Chumba Casino in 2012, VGW began its fast growth trajectory and added Global Poker and Luckyland Slots to its platform in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

VGW has continued its growth as one of Australia’s most profitable tech companies, employing more than 1000 team members in offices around the globe. During this time, Mr Escalante has driven multiple innovations in online social games, and he is still VGW’s majority shareholder, CEO and Executive Chair.

Outside of his VGW work, one of his core passions is backing other entrepreneurs and our Principal has a number of scaled investments in his expanding portfolio. He also has an enthusiasm for motorsports, including supercar assets, and invested interests in the industry.

Lance East Office was set up in 2021 to manage Mr Escalante’s private assets, finances, investments, and philanthropic activities.

The mission for the team is to help protect and grow existing assets, facilitate new investment opportunities, and leverage our Principal’s support of charitable causes in WA, and abroad.