Entrepreneurs

CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS

Cindy Karim: Redefining a billion-dollar Indonesian family empire

The Karim family’s eldest child is shaping its next chapter through culture and hospitality

Kailash Gupta, managing director of Generation Next Communications, says: "If you keep doing the same things that everyone else is doing, then you can’t really build a great business."
ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS

Generation Next Communications adds value by always being on the hunt for ‘what’s next’

The five-time winner is now looking to tap AI to boost performance

Nearly two-thirds of HSBC's global private banking clients in Singapore are entrepreneurs, says the lender's head of global private banking.

HSBC launches ‘entrepreneurial wealth proposition’ in Singapore

A recent report by the lender names the Republic as entrepreneurs’ top destination for wealth and relocation

Almost half of the Singapore entrepreneurs polled say they are “concerned” about how to structure a business transfer or succession plan.

Singapore the top global hub for entrepreneurial wealth and relocation: HSBC

The bank polled 3,000 entrepreneurs across 15 markets in its Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report for 2025

Stephanie Chai, CEO of The Luxe Nomad, works with a team of nearly 200 across the region.
GLOBAL PLAYERS

Stephanie Chai: The ex-model redefining luxury villa vacation rentals in Asia

The Luxe Nomad grew from a flash-sale website to a US$63 million hospitality business

From left: Patrick Cheo, CEO of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group; Chin Wei Jia, group CEO of HMI Medical; Kelvin Lim, executive director and group managing director of LHN Group; Carolyn Choo, CEO and managing director of Worldwide Hotels

Home-grown brands dominate winners of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Singapore awards

One of them will represent Singapore at the annual EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year award next year

Love at first beat: Germaine Tan and Andrew Li fell in love on the dance floor.
BT LUXE

Andrew Li and Germaine Tan: Love at first beat

Inside their love, legacy and plans for a Phuket wedding

Cathy Kim and her 26-year-old son Jeon Joon Hyeong have a small business making and selling hand-made ceramics.
TAKING HEART

YWCA launches accelerator to help female entrepreneurs scale their business

This is part of the charity’s new Hopemaker Movement, which seeks to uplift the lives of women

Sean Lim is now a successful investor and property owner.
MAVERICK HOTELIERS

Sean Lim: From dishwasher to luxury hotel co-owner

The Singaporean behind Penang’s big hospitality project isn’t just building a resort – he’s rewriting his story

It was only after spending 10 years in the civil service that John Lim got to start his entrepreneurial journey. He wears a tobacco silk and linen Il Conte jacket, tobacco linen Oasi Lino bomber jacket, tobacco silk Oasi Lino one-pleat trousers, and dark brown suede leather moccasins, all from Zegna.
MAVERICK HOTELIERS

John Lim: Unlikely ascent from lab coats to luxury suites 

The entrepreneur paid ‘tuition fees’ on his unconventional route to hospitality