5 Successful Asian Entrepreneurs

Yasmin Rasid, Malaysia 

Yasmin is a biologist by profession and environmentalist by passion. With a B.Sc in Biology and Religion from Duke, and a M.Sc from University Malaya (Biotechnology). Yasmin later formed and founded EcoKnights. Yasmin is also a lecturer at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and University of Malaya, teaching a course on environmental management and philosophy of the environment to first and second year students.EcoKnights is a non-profit environmental organization that champions sustainable living and supports a community of film makers, and environmentalist who embody diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision.She aims to create awareness on environmental issues using films and videos. Through EcoKnights, the International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (KLEFF) was birthed in 2008, reaching out to some 80,000 Malaysians through its environmental-focused film screenings and programmes throughout West Malaysia. Yasmin also helms the Malaysian Environmental NGO (MENGO), which is focused in empowering young minds, and dabbles in aquaponics projects in her free time. EcoKnights was recently awarded for their social innovation in the sphere of community development and social impact at the Malaysia Business Awards 2017 organized by the Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce. EcoKnights, a not-for-profit environmental organisation in collaboration with Publika and MAPFest presents the Eco Month Green Market commencing this March 2017 at Publika Shopping Gallery, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur. Launched last November (2016), EcoKnights’ Garbage to Garden program has been a great success. Since August 2016, EcoKnights has been very fortunate to be on board with a research team consisting of Waseda University Japan and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), under the Waseda-Bridge Programme. 

Choo Yilin, Singapore 

Choo Yilin is a multiple international award-winning jewellery label seeking to fuse sustainability with luxury; using jewellery design to communicate important social, environmental and cultural messages.The label has been featured regularly in local and international press, including the UK's Financial Times' How To Spend It. The Choo Yilin clientele is the discerning modern women with an eye for quality and finer details. her approach to aesthetics is tasteful yet sophisticated-with an appreciation of classic style, oriental elements and keepsake creations that transcends passing treands and fads. Choo Yilin has been selected to present its work at Paris Fashion Week multiple times. 

Veronika Linardi, Indonesia

Veronika Linardi  is a co-founded Qerja.com and serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Qerja is Indonesia's first online community for empowering professionals to make the best decision regarding their careers. By creating a platform for professionals to share knowledge, salary and experiences, Qerja introduces transparency to an otherwise opaque working environment. Qerja received an 8 digit valuation series, a funding from SoftBank Indosat fund within 8 months of operation. Veronika also founded Linardi Associates, an executive recruitment agency that has helped hundreds of multinational and local conglomerates fulfill their talent requirements, and Jobs.

Patricia Mei Long Lim, Thailand

Patricia ML Lim is a young entrepreneur, highly low profile, ambitious, business oriented woman. She is the owner and founder of Thailand's upcoming hotel's chain Privi Hotel Group. She is a self-made, low profile businesswoman and just at the age of 25 her personal estimated net worth is 1 Billion Thai Baht and it is solely from the hotels asset alone. Her family runs a bird nest manufacturing business, which is one of the largest in Southeast Asia. Gaining fame day by day, she is right there along the top business women of Thailand.

Patricia, an ideal representative for the younger generation of entrepreneurs, completed her post-graduation from the Swiss Hotel Management School, Switzerland. Privi Hotel Group plans to come up with another 11 hotels very soon. The group has recently been on a major land purchasing spree for its proposed hotels across Thailand.

 

Thuy Thanh Truong, Vietnam

Thuy is an award-winning global serial entrepreneur with 9 years experience in marketing, building products, growing and scaling business. She's the intersection of technology, business development and product visions. Co-Founded Parallel Frozen Yogurt, the trendsetter for Vietnamese premium frozen yogurt - broke the record of 3000+ customers on the grand opening day.

She is also the Co-Founded of GreenGar, the bootstrapping mobile start-up with 10 members from Ho Chi Minh City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, achieved 15 million downloads and $1MM in revenue, in charge of user acquisition, growth strategy and fund raising. Besides she also a Co-Founded Tappy, a stealth mode mobile startup that backed by notable angel investors and 500 Startups, focus on solving problem of connecting people.