Kelvin Teo, is a management consultant whose first success was a million dollar business venture at the age of 20 while still in university.
Education
Born in Labuan and raised in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, Kelvin Teo did his high school at Kian Kok Middle School and undergraduate at National University of Singapore with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He went on to continue his study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated as one of the top 3 students in his course from Materials Science and Engineering. During his time at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kelvin enrolled for a cross-university programme at the Harvard Business School and wrote a research paper on China which identified investment patterns and predicted future trends as well as challenges that Singapore will have to face in its bid to have a bite in the China pie.
He also hold an Master of Business Administration with European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires).
Career
He also co-founded EasyEco International and was a frequent columnist of several local newspapers. Education Kelvin first success with entrepreneurship was his involvement with Geo-X, the company that he co-founded with his friends in National University of Singapore. Easy Eco International In 2007, Kelvin co-founded Easy Eco International, a start up consultancy company that specialized in clean technology, continuing the work that he has done with Professor Gerbrand Ceder during his postgraduate study in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in United States.
Kelvin Teo was one of the candidates for Malaysia"s first wedding related reality programme, in 2009.
This was the first public voting wedding contest for all Malaysians and Singaporeans. Kimberly wrote on her blog that Kelvin"s romantic proposal to her on her birthday has helped them to garner many votes.
Thang Han-Ni, Berjaya Group Hotels & Resorts’ Corporate Director, Marketing & Communications, said that the couple’s story in overcoming the obstacles will be an inspiration to others