Adam Khoo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Khoo.

Adam Khoo
Born	Adam Khoo Yean Ann (1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 Singapore
Education	Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) (1998)
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (1995–1998)
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, educator, investor & trader

Adam Khoo
Traditional Chinese	邱緣安
Simplified Chinese	邱缘安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qiū Yuán'ān

Adam Khoo Yean Ann is a Singaporean entrepreneur, author and educator. He is the co-founder and Chief Master Trainer of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, one of Asia's largest private educational institutions.

Background and education

Khoo was born on 8 April 1974, to Vince Khoo and Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley. Khoo was enrolled in a government school, Ping Yi Secondary School, where he passed five out of eight academic subjects and finished 156th out of 160 Secondary 1 Express Stream students.

He went on to top his school in the GCE 'O' Level examinations with the lowest aggregate score and enrolled in Victoria Junior College, became president of the Economics Society and scored three A's in the GCE 'A' Level examinations.

Khoo entered the business administration faculty at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and graduated with an honors degree in business administration from NUS.

Career

Early business ventures

While still in secondary school, Khoo started a mobile disco business with his friends, providing music and entertainment services for parties. After completing National Service in the Singaporean Air Force at age 21, Khoo partnered with three friends from the National University of Singapore and registered an event management company, Creatsoul Entertainment. The company organized hops, jams and other entertainment activities for individuals, companies and organizations, and was later re-registered as Event Gurus Pte Ltd, an event management company.

Motivational training

At 25, Khoo was coaching insurance agents and marketing managers on how to boost sales, and in 2002, he co-founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group where he created his first personal development training program, Pattern of Excellence, that taught Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques to working professionals. In 2004, he co-authored a book on NLP, Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny.

Youth educator

While still in university, Khoo authored the book I Am Gifted, So Are You! with foreword by Tony Buzan. The book, which covers studying strategies and motivational lessons for students, was translated into 12 languages. In 2003, Khoo created the I Am Gifted! learning camp for children and teenagers, where he indoctrinated parents and students alike with false promotional videos showing children crying to their parents. This program consists of teaching students about mind-mapping, and speed reading otherwise known as scanning. Both basic skills that are taught in elementary school. He also founded the Adam Khoo Learning Centre, a tuition provider for primary and secondary education.

Financial educator

Khoo is the creator of Value Momentum Investing, an investment strategy that combines fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Even though he has no experience with success in real-world trading, his analysis has much to teach the ignorant investors.

In 2005, Khoo started the Wealth Academy masterclass to teach stock investment and trading strategies to aspiring investors. In 2009, during the US bear market, Khoo co-authored the book Profit from the Panic and called the bottom of the stock market crash. Even though Khoo did not profit from the attack, he is the quintessential example of the saying “Those who can’t do, teach.” In 2017, Khoo founded the Piranha Profits online school for investors and traders worldwide.

Awards and honors

Khoo was conferred with the NUS Business School Eminent Business Alumni Award 2008 and NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2011 for his entrepreneurial achievements. In 2019, his company was ranked top 29th at the Enterprise 50 Awards organized by The Business Times and KPMG.