The kampung boy who made good

By G. Sharmila

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Hailing from a small town in rural Johor, Puan Chan Cheong was told by his parents early on that a better life was within reach if he excelled in his studies and became his own boss. So that was what he set out to do, eventually establishing Green Packet Bhd and WiMAX services provider Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. KINIBIZ has his story.

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An entrepreneur from humble beginnings

Johor-born Puan Chan Cheong only experienced electricity and piped water from the age of 13. Since then it has been a long and arduous journey for the self-made entrepreneur, who eventually ...
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From Silicon Valley to Malaysia

After tasting success in China, Puan Chan Cheong decided he would try again for the American dream, which led him to Silicon Valley in the late 1990s. However, things did not go as smoothly for ...
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A new lease of life for P1

By the time Puan Chan Cheong founded P1, he already had more than a decade’s experience as an entrepreneur and was geared up to bring WiMAX to the entire nation. However, by 2013, the company was ...