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'My PSLE score was just 180': Trailblazing robotics technopreneur who was written off as academic no-hoper

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Gavin Pathross was a late bloomer who became a hotshot digital maestro in China. The trailblazing entrepreneur now fronts Ross Digital, which offers AI and robotic solutions for the F&B industry including robot baristas.

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About 12 years ago, Mr Gavin Pathross was deliberating between attractive jobs offers from two big management consultancies PWC and KPMG in Singapore.
Then working in Hong Kong, he had wanted to move back here because of his girlfriend. Commuting almost every other week to see her was not only tiring, but also expensive.
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