Vijay Eswaran
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| Born | 7 October 1960 Penang, Malaysia |
| Occupation | Executive Chairman of QI Group of Companies |
| Religion | Hindu |
Vijay Eswaran (born 7 October 1960) is a Malaysian businessman, currently serving as the Executive Chairman of the QI Group, headquartered in Hong Kong. He is also an author.
Vijay Eswaran was born in Penang on 7 October 1960 to Pushpavathy Chinnaiah, a teacher and Vijayaratnam Saravanamuthu, who was with the MALAYSIAN Ministry of Labour. Vijayaratnam's work with the Labour Ministry had the family moving to different parts of Malaysia during Vijay Eswaran's childhood.
Vijay Eswaran graduated with a socio-economic degree from the London School of Economics in 1984. Thereafter he stayed on in Europe for a year and did several odd jobs, including working on a construction site in Belgium, plucking grapes in France and driving a cab in London. It was in the UK that he was introduced to binary system marketing, and that prompted him to obtain a professional qualification from CIMA in the UK, followed by an MBA from the Southern Illinois University in 1986. At this time he was involved in multilevel marketing (MLM) on a part-time basis while working for Synaptics in the U.S.. It wasn't until his return to Malaysia, where he was approached by the Cosway Group to start its Philippines business, that he began looking at MLM more seriously.
In 1998, after his return to Asia, he co-founded a multilevel marketing company that would eventually grow and expand into what is today the QI Group, an e-commerce based conglomerate with businesses in travel, media, telecommunications, luxury products, wellness, training, and corporate investments. The QI Group has regional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and a presence in nearly 10 countries through a wide range of subsidiary companies.
Vijay Eswaran has spoken at management and business forums such as the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in India, and the World Economic Forum.
His first book In the Sphere of Silence, was published in 2005. It explains his personal life management philosophy and his habit of starting each day with an hour of silence. Eswaran has also developed an interactive program called the Thought of the Day, or TOD Program. His second book, In the Thinking Zone, a collection of thoughts and reflections on life, was released in May 2008. His third book, 18 Stepping Stones, was launched in 2010. On the Wings of Thought, a collection of his photography, was released in 2011. His fourth book, Two Minutes From The Abyss, was released in 2016.
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