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‘I’ve been called a misfit and a failure’: He battled ADHD to become a successful foodpreneur
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In 2017, Aaron Yeo began the flame-torched wagyu donburi concept Waa Cow! in a space at NUS. Today, the chain of restaurants bring in an annual revenue of more than $10 million.
There is an inflection, brought on by a mixture of hurt and indignation, in Mr Aaron Yeo’s voice when he recalls his treatment by one of his mathematics teachers in a well-known boys’ secondary school.
The teacher, he says, made him move his desk and sit in the corridor each time she conducted her class because she felt he was disruptive and a troublemaker.