Ash Singh's Interview on CNBC's Young Turks TV Show

Biography

Ash Singh, an improbable mixture of Indian blood, Canadian upbringing, Chinese education, and Singaporean business experience, has already established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of business. While still a student of the Richard Ivey School of Business at Chinese University in Hong Kong, he conceived and launched Social Network Business Systems, a social and business network development company. Subsidizing his business through his student budget, he grew the company to a successful full-time enterprise that was eventually acquired by Singapore-based company, that specialized in branding, advertising, and new media. Ash's web clients included some of Singapore's top brands like McDonald's (McDonalds.com.sg) and Starhub (Starhub.com)

Taking his learnings of new media, he served as the Chief Technology Officer of his next start-up At-Life Pte Ltd (www.atlife.sg), which is the brains behind the McDonald's in-store plasma screen network andSingapore's largest customer loyalty rewards program with almost 500,000 members, leveraging for all 120 McDonald's outlets in Singapore.

Ash is current project the Interactive Director of Imagine OmniMedia (www.imagine-omnimedia.com), a Singapore based media ventures company focused on reality television in Asia. The company's recent production "The Contender Asia" (www.contenderasia.com), a joint venture production with Dreamworks and Mark Burnett Productions, was the most popular show in its category on AXN. He is now working on soccer show with ESPN (http://www.espnstar.com/about-us/press-releases/press-release/item63463/)

He received the honour of "Person of the Web" by Yahoo in 2007.

As a basketball fan, he is co-owner and director of the Singapore Slingers (www.singaporeslingers.com) professional basketball team.

His business portfolio also includes interest in electronic fullfilment (Sold-It), Green Energy (Techno Ventures Inc), Startup Investment (Kundan Ventures), New Media (Imagine Interactive), Digital Signage (Intellect Systems) and Real Estate (Kundan Capital).


Singh is also committed to supporting the local business community and to nurturing young local business talent. He co-heads the Singapore chapter of the Young Venture Capital Society, is a lecturer, speaker and honorary judge for business venture competitions at the INSEAD Business School (www.insead.edu). He also a proud charter member and board member of TIE's Singapore chapter.

As a big fan of turbans, he currently has one of the biggest collection of turbans in the world. He has used his web experience to promote his hobby. He started RateMyTurban.com (Yahoo Site of the year 2006 - http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/most/2006/) and most recently Turbanizer.com (125,000 People turbanized in the last 4 months).
His work for the Sikh community has been featured on the BBC, Yahoo, and other media outlets around the globe. Ash has also had the opportunity to share his life experiences as a motivational speaker to Sikh youth in Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, UK and Australia.

In recognition of his many accomplishments and commitment to the community, Singh was recently honored with the Canadian Centennial Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence and Community Service. His entrepreneurial escapades have been featured in an INSEAD Case Study, and over 30 different publications from around the world. He is 26 years old and happily married to Harsimran Kaur.

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[gmustuk]

Good Job Ashvinder Singh :)

[sagarson]

Proud of your achievements. Keep it up guy.

[PLEASANTDesigns]

This is cool. I wish I had support like him. Sadly one of the worse feelings in the world is to have talent and loads of original ideas and no place to share them. I develop and fund all kinds of things on my own. But there is only so much a single person can do. Though I have achieved a lot I think of how much more I could do if only I had someone to invest in me and what I have to offer the market place. Being trapped in the usa with 0 opportunities is no fun.

[supreetshere]

good work paaji..keep it up

[erciyesli]

im a turkish guy and i honestly don understand why they call this show "young turks" ?

[rajdeepsokhi]

The main meaning of the expression Young Turk is 'a member of an insurgent, usually liberal faction within a political group or other organization'. Sort of a radical, dynamic, go getter..

[urbandesi]

proud

[PreetSG]

Young Turks is a CNBC show. Not an Indian one. It is for international audience not Indian. I do not know if this is the Indian version though...

[Birangi]

the song Singh is Kinng seems to suit the news quite well.

[Singhster1]

So Proud of you Ashvinder!!, Great job Veere'! Keep up the Virsa! God bless you veere'! Your a true role model! Keep up the Great work!! Sat Sri Akaal!