Education
Illinois Institute of Technology.
陈康辉, 陳康輝
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Tan was appointed to be the 28th Southeast Asian Games which is also known as the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Steering Committee, chaired by Lawrence Wong, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. In 2008, Tan was nominated by Bloomberg Week as "Asia’s Top 25 Best Young Entrepreneur" for his strong entrepreneurial vision, creativity and ability to overcome challenges with innovative solutions. Tan"s ability to create a successful and profitable enterprise that is socially responsible also garnered him the "The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009" and "Entrepreneur of the Year Award for eCommerce 2009".
Tan"s recognition as a successful young entrepreneur in Singapore continued in the following year.
Not long since 2011 began, Tan created another history by securing an Exclusive Partnership with Baidu--the largest search engine company in China with a market share of over 75%. He proceeded to set up DigiChina Pte Limited to focus his efforts on marketing Baidu.
Tan was born into a Chinese family in Singapore. His family was not well-to-do during his younger days and he learnt to earn his pocket money through buying and selling of erasers when he was in primary school.
His first experience in setting up a business entity came about when he was studying for his Bachelor of in the National University of Singapore.
He set up a tuition agency with his schoolmate when he saw an unmet demand of university students who wanted to earn an extra keep by giving tuition. They later shut it down after they graduated from school to pursue their individual careers. Tan then went on to the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States for his Master of Commerce in eCommerce and started his second business – an online bookstore.
After graduation, he took up a job doing door-to-door sales for Standard Chartered Bank.
Thereafter, he joined Yahoo as a Sales Account Manager to re-launch a product and do sales for the Small and Medium Enterprise (Small and Medium Size Enterprises) markets. On 17 January 2006, Tan incorporated PurpleClick Media Pte Limited with the support of the top management of Yahoo as a 2-man team
Authorized resellers of both Yahoo and Google, PurpleClick is now a company with more than 20 staff and a compounded annual growth rate of 57 percent. Tan ran PurpleClick as Managing Director until 2010 when he became Chief Executive Officer to focus on overall expansion plans.
Tan is also a member of the Youth Leader (YBL)--the first major initiative of the Youth Network (YN) Committee, which is chaired by then Chairman (National Youth Council of Singapore) presently Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Mayor, North East District Teo Ser Luck.