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Joel Neoh

Joel Neoh Eu-Jin
Joel Neoh at Groupon MY HQ.jpg
Neoh at Groupon Malaysia headquarters in 2013
Born (1983-10-11) 11 October 1983 (age 34)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality Malaysian
Education Harvard Business School, Monash University
Occupation International Vice President of Groupon Asia-Pacific
Years active 2006–present
Chinese name
Chinese 梁友仁
Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Yǒurén
Hokkien POJ Niû Iújîn

Joel Neoh Eu-Jin (born 11 October 1983) is a Malaysian entrepreneur, speaker, and investor. He is best known for his role as the founder of Groupon Malaysia and as the International Vice President of Groupon Asia Pacific. He is currently the founder of Fave

At the age of 20, his first business venture was a fast-growing student agency set-up. In 2007 he participated in The Firm, Malaysia's first corporate reality television programme produced by Popiah Pictures and ntv7 and became the show's inaugural winner. In 2008 he started a business venture called Youth Asia, a social technology company known for the creation of a few technology startups, including YouthSays (which later on rebranded itself to Says Sdn Bhd) and GroupsMore, which later on joined Groupon via acquisition in 2010.

In 2012 he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Emerging Entrepreneur category in Malaysia. He was named as one of Asia's Top 10 entrepreneurs as well as Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum in 2013.

Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Neoh is the youngest son of two educationists. Neoh graduated as one of the top 3 students from his course in Monash University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 and is a Monash scholarship holder. Before that, he completed his South Australian Matriculation at Taylor's College where he was a scholarship holder with an average of 94.45%. At university, Neoh won the annual Warman student Design-and-Build Competition. Neoh is also a former national representative for rock climbing and squash. Neoh completed his executive education at Harvard Business School.


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