Wong Jeh Shyan
| Dr. Wong Jeh Shyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1964 Ipoh, Perak |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Education | National University of Singapore, NUS |
| Occupation | Chief Executive Officer, MOC Capital Berhad, CommerceNet Singapore; Director, Destiny Africa; Incubator, CNSG |
| Known for | Transnational incubation; Venture capitalist; Philanthropist; Mega-development implementation; Corporate turn-around |
| Parent(s) | Mr. and Mrs. Wong Yon Loong |
Wong Jeh Shyan (Chinese: 黃哲賢; pinyin: Húang Zhéxián; Hakka (客家 Kèjiā), ) was the former-CEO of CommerceNet Singapore. He co-founded and served as CEO of Ecommerce Gateway Pte. Ltd., with strategic investment in Karachi and Middle East M.I.C.E. industry. The company project manages the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar and owns ITCN Asia, the largest ICT event in Pakistan. He is currently the CEO of one of Malaysia most aggressive VC firm, MOC Capital Berhad.
Wong serves as the founding partner in Shyan Associates, Consulting Partner in CNSG Consulting Group, and have indirect interest in more than ten private equity and venture capital firms in China and Far East. His activities include the chairmanship of International Architects' Salon which executed the lobby for the conservation of Factory 798 in Beijing from 2003–2004, now transformed into Dashanzi Art District 798. His incubator known work scope include mentoring successful entrepreneurs, usually from established business families in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Pakistan, expanding to South Africa. He currently sits on the Board of Advisor (CS & IT) in Institute of Business and Technology (Biztek) Karachi and advises on Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education in Karachi.
Wong is a third-generation Chinese Malaysian: his Hakka grandfather, Wong Men (born 1901-November 1988), emigrated from Yingde to Laoshimei (老鼠尾) village in Qingyuan county of Guangdong province to the Straits Settlements via Singapore in 1912 before settling down in the tin mining region of the Kinta District. The eldest of five siblings, Wong was born in Ipoh and grew up in the village of Ampang Baru, a wooden house unit number 200. His father Wong Yon Loong (born 1941) is a proponent of mainstream Chinese education and had served as headmaster in various primary schools in Kinta district. His second-generation Fuzhou-descendant mother, Goh Swee Kim (born 24 December 1936 – 1 December 1999) was an educationist, having been headmistress at various Chinese primary schools in Perak. Despite being Chinese educationists, they elect to send Wong to a Methodist school for an English education.
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