User:Firnandochau/Firnando Chaufik

Early Life

Firnando's father, Chaufik is a self-made ethnic Chinese businessman from Indonesia. Firnando has said that his parents are his role models in setting up his successful business enterprises. Though born in Jakarta, Firnando was raised in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, and graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Western Australia during the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. During his high school years, Firnando was one of the first ethnic Asian background elected as a councillor.

Career

Firnando started his career from humble beginning upon his tertiary graduation. He resides in Singapore since 1999 and as of 2010, he owns a rating firm, an executive search agency, a real-estate agency, an immigration services agency, and a number of niche consumer goods retail stores in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Works

He believes in good old hard work and the 10,000 hours rule in order to succeed in life.

Honor

Awarded honors by a number of professional associations.