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Me & My Money

From the navy to bullion trading: Start-up founder builds wealth through precious metals, discipline

Ian Chan invested a significant portion of his personal savings and profits from previous investments to start precious metals trading company Big Bullion in December 2025, along with financial support from his family.

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Attending a programme in secondary school turned him into a serial entrepreneur at 28

Xavier Tan was inspired by an entrepreneur programme run by Halogen Singapore and is now setting up businesses in London.

Me & My Money

Trading corporate grind for bespoke gems: A jewellery entrepreneur’s 7-figure leap of faith

Stephanie Tan is the founder of Equatorial Bespoke Jewellery, which specialises in natural coloured gemstones and bespoke fine jewellery.

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Her education business started from a 4-room HDB flat at age 24

Nicolette Ng started giving tuition at 24 and now runs a chain of Write Edge education centres.

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She built wealth through property, then chose to fund a social enterprise

Singapore Fashion Runway CEO Eileen Yap considers the social enterprise, which she founded in 2015, her most valuable asset today.

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He turned a home-based baking business into a thriving enterprise

Muhammad Hisham Bakri, 45, runs Hipster Bakes in Upper East Coast Road and on Shopee.

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From selling second-hand clothes to starting a lingerie brand with his equally entrepreneurial wife

Kingsley Peh (right) and Elfaine Tan at their I’m In lingerie store in Jewel Changi Airport. The couple co-founded two other businesses in their teens.

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S’porean takes leap of faith to pursue dream of becoming a hotelier in Japan

Ray Hoe took an equity term loan, remortgaged his Singapore property and made the leap to Japan.

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Boss of ornamental fish e-marketplace making waves in a traditional sector

Life is going swimmingly for Desmond Lim, who achieved his childhood dream of working with aquatic animals.

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He saved $8k as a teen, but lost it in bad investments. Now he champions Islamic finance

Muhammad Ridhwaan Radzi is the managing director of Muslim investment platform RizqX.

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