Teoh Wee Kiat, who graduated from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus in 2010 was among 10 Malaysian youths named in the Forbes’ 30 under 30 Asia 2016 announced recently.
"In everything we do, there are always choices and we have to make those tough choices every day," Teoh reflects. "We just have to constantly check with ourselves whether those choices are made out of love or out of fear," Teoh adds.
The list consists of top 30 millennials who are leading personalities in their respective industries in the region.
“We are very proud of Teoh for having been selected to be part of this distinguished list at a very early stage in his career. However it does not come to us as a complete surprise as Nottingham graduates are well accomplished in their respective areas of work research and in sports,” said Professor Christine Ennew, CEO and Provost of UNMC.
Teoh co-founded the myBurgerLab in 2012 which has since grown into four outlets and 120 employees with plans to venture into Southeast Asia. A Forbes report stated that Teoh’s myBurgerLab is a Malaysian sensation, both for its sought-after burgers as well as its innovative promotions.
“Teoh and his business partners were revolutionaries in their own right to have started the outlet which offers a creative menu to its patrons.
We are also very proud that apart from being successful entrepreneurs they are also constantly engaged in the support of the less privileged in society,” Professor Ennew said.
Teoh Wee Kiat and Chin Ren Yi, the co-founders of myBurgerLab, are business and engineering graduates respectively of UNMC. They were jointly conferred the Alumnus of the Year 2014 Award for their innovative entrepreneurial efforts, by Professor Sir David Greenaway at the Alumni Laureate Awards Ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur.
myBurgerLab also won Best Western Restaurant in the Time Out KL Food Awards 2013 based on votes cast by the Kuala Lumpur residents.
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More information is available from Chan Wen Li, Director of Information and Communications of Nottingham University Business School at wenli.chan@nottingham.edu.my; or Josephine Dionisappu, PR & Communications Manager on +603 8924 8746, josephine.dionisappu@nottingham.edu.my.
Notes to editors: The University of Nottingham has 43,000 students and is ‘the nearest Britain has to a truly global university, with a “distinct” approach to internationalisation, which rests on those full-scale campuses in China and Malaysia, as well as a large presence in its home city.’ (Times Good University Guide 2016). It is also one of the most popular universities in the UK among graduate employers and the winner of ‘Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015. It is ranked in the world’s top 75 by the QS World University Rankings 2015/16, and 8th in the UK by research power according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014. It has been voted the world’s greenest campus for three years running, according to Greenmetrics Ranking of World Universities.
Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, its biggest-ever fundraising campaign, is delivering the University’s vision to change lives, tackle global issues and shape the future.
Posted on 3rd March 2016