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Me & My Money

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

Me & My Money

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

Me & My Money

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

Me & My Money

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.
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.

Me & My Money

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

Me & My Money

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

Me & My Money

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

Me and My Money

How 60-cent cups of kopi inspired a luxury watch shop owner’s approach to money

Desmond Pang is the owner of KB Luxury Watch and Jewellery.
Desmond Pang is the owner of KB Luxury Watch and Jewellery.

Me & My Money

He goes from living on $1 bread to running his own mocktail business

Chester Koh went from struggling personal trainer to F&B entrepreneur.
Chester Koh went from struggling personal trainer to F&B entrepreneur.

Me & My Money: From construction painter to EV charger firm founder

Sathiyamoorthy Nagarajan (left), a power systems specialist from India, partnered with Singaporean engineer Lai Yuan Weng to set up MNL Solutions, which delivers sustainable EV charging solutions for homes, condos, commercial and industrial sites.
Sathiyamoorthy Nagarajan (left), a power systems specialist from India, partnered with Singaporean engineer Lai Yuan Weng to set up MNL Solutions, which delivers sustainable EV charging solutions for homes, condos, commercial and industrial sites.

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