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“My grandfather was the senior assistant commissioner in the police force, which meant that he was the highest ranking Chinese personnel at that time, during the late 1970s. He was a no-nonsense [...]

“I am from Sungai Siput, a small town in Perak, and furthered my studies in London. I was struggling a lot there – I didn’t know how to speak English and living cost is very expensive. Food [...]

“When I was about 10, I used to help my father sell pisang goreng and cakoi for a living. That’s how I first learned about business. My family was always into ‘berniaga’ (selling). My family’s [...]

(2/2) “An important life lesson that my mom taught me is to keep staying positive. One thing about her is her infectious positivity – even when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer, she [...]

(2/2) “I worked in China for 8 years, 5 of which was spent in Microsoft. My job in Microsoft was very stable with good pay. Not only that, it is a great company with products impacting the world. [...]

(1/2) “I started off as an engineer, and have worked in corporate finance, IPOs, and even the sales line – so what was next? I wanted to do something that could change the world. At that [...]

(1/2) “If I were to write a book about myself, I would call it ‘The Roller Coaster’. When I first entered university, I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know where to go, I didn’t know what to [...]

“I am mixed Chinese-Kadazan from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The government school I went to had a strict language policy – when you speak English, it has to be proper English, same goes if you [...]