At the age of 33, Mr Alvin Poh became a millionaire many times over when he and his business partner sold their Web hosting company, Vodien Internet Solutions, for $30 million to an Australian technology firm. Mr Poh walked away with an eight-figure sum from the sale of the company he co-founded when he was 17.
He gave $250,000 to Singapore Management University (SMU), his alma mater, to start the Alvin Poh Endowed Scholarship, giving financial aid to needy undergraduates.
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