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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
Subscribers1.02 Million[1]
Total views48 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2018

Last updated: June 10, 2023
Adam Khoo
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Hanyu PinyinQiū Yuán'ān

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

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][3]

Career

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Early business ventures

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While still in secondary school, Khoo started a mobile disco business with 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 founded 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][4]

Motivational training

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Khoo has coached insurance agents and marketing managers in sales boosting techniques.[3] In 2002, he co-founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group and taught Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to working professionals. In 2004, he authored a book on NLP, Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny, which went on to become a national bestseller.[citation needed] By 2019, Khoo's methods of motivational training were considered controversial. In secondary schools, for example, Khoo would tell pupils to imagine the death of their parents, using this as a "motivational tool" to study harder.[5][6] This caused some students to experience trauma.

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.[4]

Financial educator

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Khoo is the creator of Value Momentum Investing, an investment strategy that combines fundamental analysis and technical analysis.[7][8]

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. [9]

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[citation needed].

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[citation needed].

References

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  1. ^ a b "About @AdamKhoo". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c "He made his first million at 26", The New Paper, 27 September 2001
  3. ^ a b "I want to be a millionaire by 26", The Sunday Times, 21 October 2001
  4. ^ a b "Lousy at learning? Take heart", The Straits Times LIFE!, 6 August 1998
  5. ^ "Education entrepreneur Adam Khoo draws flak over inappropriate comments and teaching tactics". Yahoo News. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ Chew, Sophie (12 November 2021). "Adam Khoo Doesn't Have All The Answers Either". RICE. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ^ ""Big investor but frugal spender"". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Value Momentum Investing".
  9. ^ https://www.akltg.com/who-we-are/
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