Joel Neoh is one of Asia’s most recognised and successful young entrepreneurs. With a passion for

democratising technology to enhance the lives of millions of consumers across Asia, Joel is the Founder

of Fave, Southeast Asia’s leading loyalty & rewards platform with presence in Malaysia, Singapore and

Indonesia.

As a Kuala Lumpur native, Joel was one of the initial founders of the Groupon businesses in Asia, and

headed up the Asia Pacific region for 4 years. He played an instrumental role in establishing the

high-growth business model that propelled Groupon into a multi billion dollar business, with thousands

of employees spanning across 12 countries.

Joel firmly believes in the importance of creating a world-class work culture to inspire employees.

Under his leadership, his companies has been listed amongst WorldBlu’s Most Democratic Workplaces.

Joel has co-founded several successful companies including social news platform SAYS.com, and

invested in a string of technology venture capital funds and startups across Asia. In 2013, SAYS.com

merged with Catcha Media and the company was rebranded as REV Asia. REV Asia was recently

acquired by Media Prima for over RM100mil.

Joel has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was named Young Global

Leader by the World Economic Forum. Malaysian Tatler also awarded Joel Entrepreneur Par Excellence

in 2018

Starting out young in entrepreneurship, Joel built his first company at age 20 while studying

engineering at Monash University. Today, he remains as an advisory board member of the Monash

School of Business and AIESEC, the world’s largest student organization. He completed his studies in

Monash University and Harvard Business School and has lived in a number of Asia Pacific cities,

including Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Sydney and Singapore.