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Adam Khoo
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Personal information
Born Adam Khoo Yean Ann
(1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Singapore
Education Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), National University of Singapore (1998)
Occupation Entrepreneur, educator, investor & trader
YouTube information
Years active 2014–present
Genre Trading, investing
Subscribers 924,000
Total views 48 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of June 10, 2023.
Adam Khoo
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Background and education

Khoo was born on 8 April 1974, to Vince Khoo and Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley. Khoo graduated with an honors degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Career

Early business ventures

While still in secondary school, Khoo started a mobile disco business with his friends, creating music and providing entertainment services for parties. After completing National Service with the Singaporean Air Force at age 21, Khoo partnered with three friends from the National University of Singapore and started 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. Khoo also taught Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to working professionals. In 2004, he wrote a book on NLP, Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny, which became a national bestseller.

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, became a national best-seller in Singapore and was translated into 12 languages. In 2003, Khoo created the I Am Gifted! learning camp for children and teenagers.

Financial educator

Inspired by Warren Buffett, Khoo got into stock investments at age 17. As a conservative and long-term investor, he goes for investments with very low risk and high returns. Khoo is the creator of Value Momentum Investing, an investment strategy that combines fundamental analysis and technical analysis.

In 2002, Khoo and Patrick Cheo founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (AKLTG), a training and education center based in Singapore. The training center offers programs in finance, personal transformation, children & youth, corporate as well as school training conducted in various South East Asian countries.

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. The book became a national best-seller in Singapore. Khoo was interviewed on CNA for his stock market analysis.

In 2017, Khoo with founded the Piranha Profits online school for investors and traders worldwide. In 2018, Khoo received the YouTube Silver Creator Award for exceeding 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. As of June 2023, his channel has reached over 48 million views and 927,000 subscribers.

On 19 March 2020, during the 2020 stock market crash, Khoo posted a video on Facebook expressing the view that the US stock market would recover strongly post the crisis. The video went viral and amassed over 843,000 views. On 10 April 2020, Khoo called the start of the bull run in a YouTube video.

Awards and honors

In 2021, his company was ranked top 8th at the Enterprise 50 Awards organized by The Business Times and KPMG.

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