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Aaron Sim is a Malaysian author and CEO of Wealth Mentors, an educational institution based in Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines

In January 2012, his company, Wealth Mentor Pte Ltd, was awarded the Promising SME 500 in Singapore.

Life and Career
Aaron grew up in Ipoh, Malaysia and now a Singapore permanent resident. He is the eldest child in their family of five. His father is a sewing machine salesman while his mother sells cookies and clothes from home, sparking Aarons entrepreneurial spirit at a young age. At age 13, Aaron obtained a scholarship to help with his school fees. He obtained his Certified Public Accountant qualification in 1987.

Sim is a certified public accountant in accounting firm Ernst and Young in 1987 and finance director of Singapore and Sydney based multi-national company Unisys for seven years before starting his own company, Wealth Mentors Pte. Ltd. in 2003 and setting up a vegan restaurant franchise Loving Hut, in Puchong, Malaysia in December 2008. .

Turning Point in Career
     

At the age of 40, Aaron is already living a comfortable life, earning a six figure income and contented with his job. But the shift in his mindset happen after reading Robert Kiyosaki's  'Rich Dad, Poor Dad ' and Robert Allen's  'Multiple Streams of Income' to pursue a career change.

While still in Unisys, the company offered Aaron an Employee Stock Purchase Plan where he will get 15 percent discount if he buy the shares, and the amount payable will be deducted in his monthly salary. That's how Aaron started to get interested in not only checking Unisys share price but also IBM, Cisco and Sun Microsystems in the stock market.

Aaron also has his share of investment losses. In 1993, a US company based in Manila convinced him to invest in penny stocks, and he invested USD20,000 which turned out to be a scam.

Philanthropy
In 2014, Aaron started the Save Your Own Kids (S.Y.O.K) campaign to save the less fortunate kids on charitable contribution. By November 2014, SYOK movement successfully raised money to help the children and elderly and purchase a van for House of Joy orphanage in Puchong, Malaysia.

In 2008, Aaron and his wife Tracy Wong pledge to give charity meals to needy folks from non-profit organisations in Malaysia.

Books
Aaron released his first hard cover book Wealthy By Choice: Discover your Personal Blueprint to More Money, Time Freedom and Peace of Mind in June 1, 2015.