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1 Background and education  





2 Career  



2.1  Early business ventures  





2.2  Motivational training  





2.3  Youth educator  





2.4  Financial educator  







3 Awards and honors  





4 References  





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Adam Khoo
Personal information
Born

Adam Khoo Yean Ann


(1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Singapore
EducationBachelor of Business Administration (Honours), National University of Singapore (1998)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, educator, investor & trader
Websitewww.adam-khoo.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genre(s)Trading, investing
Subscribers924,000[1]
Total views48 million[1]

Creator Awards

100,000 subscribers2018

Last updated: June 10, 2023
Adam Khoo
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Adam Khoo is a Singaporean entrepreneur, author and educator. He is the co-founder and Chief Master Trainer of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, one of Asia's largest private educational institutions. His business interests include financial education, corporate training, learning centers and youth education.[2]

Khoo became a self-made millionaire at age 26. In 2008, Khoo was ranked among the top 25 richest Singaporeans under age 40 by The Executive magazine. In 2017, he founded Piranha Profits, an online school that teaches investing and trading courses to students worldwide.[3]

Background and education

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Khoo was born on 8 April 1974, to Vince Khoo and Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley. Khoo graduated with an honors degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS).[2][4]

Career

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Early business ventures

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While still in secondary school, Khoo started a mobile disco business with his friends, creating music and providing entertainment services for parties. After completing National Service with the Singaporean Air Force at age 21, Khoo partnered with three friends from the National University of Singapore and started an event management company, Creatsoul Entertainment.[citation needed] The company organized hops, jams and other entertainment activities for individuals, companies and organizations, and was later re-registered as Event Gurus Pte Ltd, an event management company.[2][5]

Motivational training

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At 25, Khoo was coaching insurance agents and marketing managers on how to boost sales.[4] And in 2002, he co-founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. Khoo also taught Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to working professionals. In 2004, he wrote a book on NLP, Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny, which became a national bestseller.[citation needed] In 2019, Khoo garnered controversy due to the methods used for motivational training. During his courses in secondary schools, Khoo would tell children to imagine the death of their parents as a "motivational tool" to guilt trip students into studying harder,[6][7] causing some students to have a traumatic experience.

Youth educator

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While still in university, Khoo authored the book I Am Gifted, So Are You! with a foreword by Tony Buzan. The book, which covers studying strategies and motivational lessons for students, became a national best-seller in Singapore and was translated into 12 languages. In 2003, Khoo created the I Am Gifted! learning camp for children and teenagers.[5]

Financial educator

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Inspired by Warren Buffett, Khoo got into stock investments at age 17. As a conservative and long-term investor, he goes for investments with very low risk and high returns.[5][8] Khoo is the creator of Value Momentum Investing, an investment strategy that combines fundamental analysis and technical analysis.[9][10]

In 2002, Khoo and Patrick Cheo founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (AKLTG), a training and education center based in Singapore. The training center offers programs in finance, personal transformation, children & youth, corporate and school training conducted in various South East Asian countries. [11]

In 2009, during the US bear market, Khoo co-authored the book Profit from the Panic called the bottom of the stock market crash. The book became a national best-seller in Singapore. Khoo was interviewed on CNA for his stock market analysis.[12]

In 2017, Khoo founded the Piranha Profits online school for investors and traders worldwide. In 2018, Khoo received the YouTube Silver Creator Award for exceeding 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. As of June 2023, his channel has reached over 48 million views and 927,000 subscribers.[13]

On 19 March 2020, during the 2020 stock market crash, Khoo posted a video on Facebook expressing the view that the US stock market would recover strongly post the crisis. The video went viral and amassed over 843,000 views. On 10 April 2020, Khoo called the start of the bull run in a YouTube video.[14]

Awards and honors

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In 2021, his company was ranked top 8th at the Enterprise 50 Awards organized by The Business Times and KPMG.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About @AdamKhoo". YouTube.
  • ^ a b c "He made his first million at 26", The New Paper, 27 September 2001
  • ^ "The Executive Magazine Cover".
  • ^ a b "I want to be a millionaire by 26", The Sunday Times, 21 October 2001
  • ^ a b c "Lousy at learning? Take heart", The Straits Times LIFE!, 6 August 1998
  • ^ "Education entrepreneur Adam Khoo draws flak over inappropriate comments and teaching tactics". Yahoo News. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  • ^ Chew, Sophie (12 November 2021). "Adam Khoo Doesn't Have All The Answers Either". RICE. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  • ^ "From underachiever to millionaire", The Edge Singapore, 18 December 2006
  • ^ ""Big investor but frugal spender"". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  • ^ "Value Momentum Investing".
  • ^ https://www.akltg.com/who-we-are/
  • ^ ISBN 9789810820879 - Profit From The Panic.
  • ^ "Paving the road to success, one video view at a time".
  • ^ "The Bull Market in Stocks is Back!". YouTube.
  • ^ "The Enterprise 50 Awards 2021".
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