Podcasts by So This Is My Why

Ep 9: Rabi Malla - Social Entrepreneur&Founder of KOLPA from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.184314

Rabi Chandra Malla is the founder of KOLPA - a social enterprise based in Kathmandu, Nepal that aims to promote sustainable & exclusive handmade goods produced by various indigenous communit...

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Ep 10: Benjamin Von Wong - Social Artivist Who's Generated 100+Million Views from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.181595

Benjamin Von Wong is Canadian mining engineer turned social artivist/photographer who designs campaigns around social impact and has succeeded in raising over 100 million views for different cau...

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Ep 11: Morgan Then - Electronic Music Artist (Slumberjack) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.178750

Morgan Then is the Sarawakian half of the popular Australian electronic duo, Slumberjack. Since launching their career with a No. 1 track on Triple J’s influential sister station, Unearthe...

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Ep 12: Danielle Kettlewell - Olympian (Australian Synchronised Swimmer) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.175596

Danielle Merlyn Kettlewell is an Australian synchronised swimmer who competed in the team synchronised swimming event in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She was vice-captain of the Australia...

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Ep 13: Hillary Yip - 15-Year-Old Founder of MinorMynas from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.171728

Hillary Yip is the CEO of MinorMynas, a startup that creates fun, immersive, online products for children worldwide in a safe environment. And as at the time of this interview being record...

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Ep 14: Joey Law - Former Senior Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force&Mother to 15-Year-Old CEO, Hillary Yip from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.169077

Joey Law is the mother of 15-year-old Founder & CEO of MinorMynas, Hillary Yip, who was our STIMY Episode 13 ...

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Ep 15: Yi Jun Loh - Malaysian Food Blogger, Writer&Podcaster from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.166315

Yi Jun Loh is a Malaysian food blogger at Jun & Tonic (nominated for the Saveur Blog Award 2018), a food writer for TASTE, Saveur & Food52 & podcaster for Malaysian’s national ...

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Ep 16: Renyi Chin - Co-Founder of MyBurgerLab, MyPizzaLab&MyBobaLab from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.163123

Renyi is the co-founder of MyBurgerLab, MyPizzaLab and MyBobaLab alongside his friends and partners, Chang Ming and Wee Kiat. 

If you live in KL, you will pro...

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Ep 17: Louisa Gurski - British Olympian&3-time World Championship Winner (Sprint Kayaker) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.159618

Louisa Jane Gurski is a two-time British Olympian who competed as a sprint kayaker in the London 2012 Olympic Games (5th place) and Rio 2016 Olympic Games (7th place) and the inaugural European ...

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Ep 18: Dr Jason Leong - Malaysia's Top Stand-Up Comedian&Netflix Special Star (Hashtag Blessed) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.155978

Dr Jason Leong is a former doctor turned Malaysian stand-up comedian star who has been enthralling his audience since 2010 when he did his first open mic gig at Zouk, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysi...

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Ep 19: Patricia Kelikani - Emmy-Award Winning Filmmaker&Entrepreneur from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.151700

Patricia Kelikani is a multiple Emmy award-winning filmmaker and videographer. 

Having spent 12 years working at Loma Linda University where she became Director of Advancement F...

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Ep 20: Tan Kheng Hua - Singaporean Actress&Producer (Phua Chu Kang, Marco Polo, Crazy Rich Asians) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.148564

Tan Kheng Hua is a popular award-winning actress/producer in Singapore and Malaysia. Kheng has appeared on stage, and in TV series and movies that include Phua Chu Kang, The Philanthropist (NBC)...

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Ep 21: Saw Teong Hin - Director, Producer&Writer [Puteri Gunung Ledang; Hai Ki Xin Lor (You Mean the World to Me) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.143595

Saw Teong Hin is an award-winning, Malaysian director, producer and screenwriter for film, TV and theatre and was Louis Vuitton Malaysia’s Generation Next (2003), was Tatler’s 100 People You Mus...

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Ep 22: Alena Murang - Sarawakian Sape Player, Visual Artist&Heritage Advocate from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.140738

Alena Ose’ Murang is a Sarawakian sape player singer, teacher, speaker, social entrepreneur, visual artist & heritage advocate. Born in Kuching, Sarawak, to a Kelabit father, Ose Murang and ...

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Ep 23: Sarah Chen - Co-Founder of Beyond the Billion&Lean in Malaysia from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.138211

Sarah Chen is many things but she is above all. a powerful advocate & role model for women empowerment. She is the co-founder of Lean In Malaysia, which boasts over 5,000 women within the ne...

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Ep 24: Malek Ali - Founder of BFM 89.9&Fi Life from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.133512

Malek Ali is a former lawyer turned serial entrepreneur most known for founding BFM 89.9, Malaysia’s only business radio channel, and Fi Life, Malaysia’s first online life insurance service. Mal...

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Ep 25: Chong Chan-Yau (CEO, CarbonCare Innolab&President, Hong Kong Blind Union) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.098698

Chong Chan-Yau is the CEO of CarbonCare InnoLab, the President of the Hong Kong Blind Union, former Chairman and current Director of The Board of the Dialogue in the Dark Hong Kong Foundation, f...

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Ep 26: Cesar Kuriyama (Founder, 1 Second Every Day) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.095641

Cesar Kuriyama is a video maker, director, producer, animator, and founder of 1 Second Every Day - a mobile application that allows users to record one second of video every day and then chronol...

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Ep 27: Freda Liu (Malaysian Business Radio-TV Host, Book Author, Emcee&Moderator) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.092498

Freda Liu is one of Malaysia’s most prominent radio-television hosts, having worked at BFM 89.9 - Malaysia’s only business radio station, for over 12 years. She has conducted over 5000 interview...

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Ep 28: Lily Xu Lijia (x2 Olympic Medallist&x3 World Champion Medallist in Laser Radial) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.089920

Lily Xu Lijia (徐莉佳) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won the bronze medal in the women’s Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lon...

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Ep 29: Darren Teoh (Head Chef&Owner of Dewakan - Asia's Top 50 Restaurants 2019) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.087116

Chef Darren Teoh Min Guo is the head chef and restaurant owner of Dewakan, where in April 2019, it became the first Malaysian restaurant on Listen

Ep 30: Dr Finian Tan (Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners - 5th most consistently performing fund manager worldwide) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.084050

Dr Finian Tan is a Singaporean venture capitalist and Chairman of Vickers Venture Partners: a VC he founded in 2005 with 4 other partners and which is now ranked the 5th most consistently perfor...

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Ep 31: Kenji Chai Vui Yong - On Life as a Street Artist (aka"Chaigo") from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.081039

Kenji Chai Vui Yung is a popular Malaysian graffiti artist most known for his alter ego, Chaigo the Stray. A dog that, if you’ve ever been to Kuala Lumpur, you’ll have probably seen spray painte...

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Ep 32: Darrion Nguyen ("Lab Shenanigans"aka the Asian Millennial Tik Tok version of Bill Nye the Science Guy) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.078638

Darrion Nguyen is currently a lab research technician at Baylor College of Medicine & the face behind “Lab Shenanigans”: a social media brand that makes fun, easily digestible science conten...

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Ep 33: Maurizio Leo (Software Developer&Sourdough Blogger/Writer at The Perfect Loaf from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.075624

Maurizio Leo is a software engineer-turned-baker from Albuquerque, Mexico whose blog, The Perfect Loaf, remains one of the most authoritative sources when it comes to all things sourdough! 

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Ep 34: Shawn Chong (x3 Diageo World Class Malaysia Champion, Mixologist, Co-founder of Omakase+Appreciate&Bar Class Academy Asia) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.072512

Shawn Chong is one of Malaysia’s top mixologist, a three-time Diageo World Class Malaysia champion, once listed as the No. 25 Bartender in the world and co-founder of Kuala Lumpur’s pioneering s...

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Ep 35: Chye Neo Chong - ex-MD of IBM Malaysia from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.069008

Chye Neo Chong is the former Managing Director of IBM Malaysia with over 30 years in the information technology industry, and current independent director at Hong Leong Financial Group and Bursa...

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Ep 36: Kyne Santos (OnlineKyne): Mathematician, Tik Tok Star&Drag Queen (starred in Canada's Drag Race) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.066604

Kyne is the stage name of Kyne Santos: a mathematician, YouTube/Tik Tok star with nearly 1 million followers collectively, Drag Queen & contestant in Season 1 of Canada’s Drag Race.

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Ep 37: Kai Yuan Ng (Co-Founder, Our Grandfather Story) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.063946

Ng Kai Yuan is the co-founder of Our Grandfather Story: a Singapore-based digital publisher dedicated to uncovering timeless and overlooked stories across Southeast Asia.

Founde...

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Ep 38: John Kim [Managing Partner, Amasia; Vlogger, Musician&Serial Entrepreneur] from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.060417

John Yohan Kim serves as Managing Partner at Amasia, a cross-border venture capital firm that helps technology companies get global. He is a Kauffman Fellow, a Term Member at the Council o...

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Ep 39: Guy Kawasaki - Chief Evangelist of Canva (formerly at Apple), Podcaster, Book Author, Venture Capitalist&Serial Entrepreneur from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.055170

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) and an adj...

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Ep 40: The Woke Salaryman (ft. He Ruiming&Goh Wei Choon) - on building a 400+k following in less than 2 years! from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.050160

He Ruiming & Goh Wei Choon are the Singaporean/Malaysia duo behind The Woke Salaryman: an incredible personal finance page that educates people about making better financial and life choices...

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Ep 41: Richard Lui (MSNBC&NBC News TV Anchor&Producer of Sky Blossom) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.044353

Richard Lui is a TV news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News and was previously at CNN Worldwide, where he became the first Asian American male to anchor a daily, national cable news show. He also ear...

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Ep 42: Wai Ken Wong - Country Manager, StashAway (Malaysia) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.038046

Wai Ken Wong is the Country Manager of StashAway (Malaysia). He first worked in investments in Khazanah Nasional Berhad, then became the Vice President of the Equity Capital Markets at Affin Hwa...

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Ep 43: Nicky Gumbel (Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, London&Pioneer of the Alpha Course) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.032157

Nicky Gumbel is an English Anglican priest, vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, London and pioneer of the Alpha Course - a course that has reached over 25 million people who are looking to discover ...

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Ep 44: Joe Sidek - Festival Director, George Town Festival from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.026049

Best Known as director of the George Town Festival, Joe Sidek has established himself as one of Malaysia’s strong advocates for the arts.

Prior to becoming a festival director, ...

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Ep 45: Pui Wan Lim ("Picoworm") - Life of a Professional Miniature Artist from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.020776

Lim Pui Wan is a Malaysian miniature artist who discovered her love of miniatures at the age of 14 and has, since 2014 under “Picoworm”, become a full-time professional miniature artist. In 2020...

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Ep 46: Azran Osman-Rani (CEO of Naluri Hidup; formerly CEO of AirAsia X&iFlix) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.014192

Azran Osman-Rani is one of Malaysia's most well-known CEOs & entrepreneur and in this STIMY episode, we cover his colourful & highly impressive career that has included being:

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Ep 47: Lincoln Lee Ming (Co-Founder, Rice Inc&Winner of HULT Prize 2018) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.007162

Lincoln Lee Ming is a Malaysian social entrepreneur, biomedical science graduate from University College London, UK & founder of a social enterprise called Rice Inc., which seeks to combat t...

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Ep 48: Oz Pearlman (Emmy Award-Winning Mentalist&America's Got Talent Finalist) from 2023-12-13T20:10:49.001413

Oz Pearlman is an Emmy award-winning mentalist & magician who recently emerged as the runner up & finalist in America’s Got Talent Season 10 in 2015. 

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Ep 49: Dato'Thomas Mun Lung Lee - Senior Partner, Lee Hishammuddin Allen&Gledhill&son of Tun HS Lee (Malaysia's 1st Finance Minister) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.996651

Dato’ Thomas Mun Lung Lee is a Senior Partner & founding member of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill - one of the largest law firms in Malaysia. He was also previously Chairman of AIA Pu...

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Ep 50.1: Ning-Geng Ong (Founder, Chocolate Concierge&Culture Cacao) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.992280

Part 1 of STIMY's episode with Ning-Geng Ong - a farmer, chocolate marker, flavour fanatic and founder of Chocolate Concierge & Culture Cacao, where he makes incredible single-origin Mal...

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Ep 50.2: Ning-Geng Ong (Founder, Chocolate Concierge&Culture Cacao) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.988133

PART 2 of STIMY’s interview with Ning-Geng Ong - Artisan chocolate maker, farmer, and founder of Chocolate Concierge & Culture Cacao.

For Part 1, please refer to the earlier...

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Ep 51.1: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.983093

Nick Bernstein is the Senior Vice President of Late Night Programming (West Coast) at ViacomCBS & is the executive in charge of the Late Late Show with James Corden. 

In Par...

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Ep 51.2: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS) - on the Pete Holmes show&Late Late Show with James Corden from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.977456

Nick Bernstein is the Senior Vice President of Late Night Programming (West Coast) at ViacomCBS & is the executive in charge of the Late Late Show with James Corden. 

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Ep 52: Kendrick Nguyen (Co-Founder of Republic) - on Creating the Amazon of Private Investing from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.972669

Kendrick Nguyen is the co-founder & CEO of Republic - one of the US’s top equity crowdfunding platforms where over USD$ 100 million has already been raised in just 2021 alone. And boasts a h...

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Ep 53: Rahul Chaudhary - MD&CEO, CG Corp Global&CG Hospitality Holdings - on running a 140-year family empire from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.968178

Rahul Chaudhary is the Managing Director & CEO at CG Corp Global and CG Hospitality Holdings. And the second son of Binod Chaudhary, who is the first & only Forbes-listed multi-billionai...

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Ep 54: Yulia Brodskaya (Paper Artist&Illustrator) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.963352

Yulia Brodskaya is a Russian artist and illustrator known for painting with paper. 

Pioneering contemporary paper quilling, she uses thick, coloured paper to compose stunningly detailed 3d...

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Ep 55: Karl Mak (Co-Founder, Hepmil Media Group - SGAG, MGAG, PGAG) - Running a Meme Business from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.958577

Karl Mak is a Singaporean entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of HEPMIL Media Group: a holding company that owns SGAG, MGAG, PGAG, SGEEK and HEPMIL Creators’ Network.

If you’re a fan of me...

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Ep 56: Amra Naidoo (Co-Founder, Accelerating Asia&General Partner, Accelerating Asia Ventures) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.954064

Amra Naidoo is the co-founder of Accelerating Asia, an early stage venture capital fund that runs programs for startups and investors, and General Partner at Accelerating Asia Ventures. Prior to...

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Ep 57: Robert James Ashe - x4 Emmy-nominated Hollywood editor&title designer+former Head of Post Production, Conan show from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.948174

Robert James Ashe is a 4-time Emmy nominated editor and title designer, best known for being the Head of Post Production on Conan for nearly 8 years. He has also worked for Conan O'Brien on ...

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Ep 58: Nigel Stanislaus (Celebrity Makeup Artist, Mr Maybelline&Judge on Australia's Next Top Model+Asia's Next Top Model) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.941687

Nigel Stanislaus is a highly celebrated makeup artist who’s been a part of international television shows like Project Runway, X-Factor, Make Me A Supermodel and also a judge on Australia’s Next...

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Ep 59: Ooi Boon Hoe (CEO&Director, Jurong Port Pte Ltd) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.938525

Ooi Boon Hoe is the current Director and Chief Executive Officer of Jurong Port Pte Ltd, which is one of Singapore’s two main commercial terminal operators.

In this episode, we explore how...

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Ep 60: David Grief (former Senior Clerk, Essex Court Chambers) - Building the Careers of Barristers&Judges from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.896403

David Grief is the CEO of David Grief International Consultancy Pte & former Senior Clerk at Essex Court Chambers - known as one of the UK's most prominent commercial sets with a multimi...

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Ep 61: Austen Allred (Co-Founder&CEO, Lambda School) - Building the Next-Gen Coding School with ISAs from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.893420

Austen Allred is the co-founder & CEO of Lambda School: a virtual coding school that is completely free to attend, until its graduates earn at least $50,000/year. Lambda School is b...

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Ep 62: Serving the World's Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meal | Hawker Chef Chan Hon Meng from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.890870

Hawker Chef Chan Hon Meng is a Malaysian-born, Michelin-starred chef who is best known for serving the world’s least expensive Michelin-starred meal.

He won his first Michelin star back in...

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Ep 63: Creating the"Perfect"Sabbaticals for Peak Experiences | DJ Didonna [Founder, the Sabbatical Project] from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.888170

Have you ever thought about taking a sabbatical? Or have taken one yourself?

If so, then this week’s STIMY guest will be of interest to you. 

DJ DiDonna is the founder of the Sabbati...

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Ep 64: The"T.R.I.CK."to How You Can Raise Successful People | Esther Wojcicki from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.885903

Esther Hochman Wojcicki is an author, journalist, educator, vice-chair of the Creative Commons Advisory Council and founder of the highly regarded Palo Alto High School Media Arts program (the l...

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Ep 65: How AI is manipulating our behaviour&how to regulate it | Ansgar Koene (Global AI Ethics&Regulatory Leader, EY) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.883192

Ansgar Koene is the Global AI Ethics & Regulatory Leader at EY, Senior Research Fellow at Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at the University of Nottingham, a Trustee at 5Rights and...

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Ep 66: The Business of Lettering | Lauren Hom (Designer, Illustrator&Hand Lettering Artist) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.880848

Lauren Hom is a California-born designer, illustrator & hand lettering artist with a 250k strong following on Instagram. She is known for her use of bright colour palettes & playful lett...

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Ep 67: Building Viral Campaigns for Social Enterprises | Daniel Flynn (Co-Founder, Thankyou) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.877034

Daniel Flynn, co-founder of Thankyou, is one of Australia’s most recognisable & successful social entrepreneurs. He is the recipient of EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Southern Region) an...

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Ep 68: Creating Content for 3+Million Subscribers at Morning Brew | Neal Freyman (Managing Editor, Morning Brew) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.872461

Neal Freyman is the Managing Editor at Morning Brew, a new media company that provides informative and digestive business news to over 3 million subscribers. He oversees Morning Brew’s flagship ...

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Ep 69: Creating a Free&Open Internet for All | Nnenna Nwakanma (Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.869016

Nnenna Nwakanma is the Chief Web Advocate at the World Wide Web Foundation. 

She is also a Nigerian FOSS activist, community organiser, co-founder of the Free Software and Open Source Foun...

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Ep 70: Running London's iconic Jewish Beigel family business | Daniel Cohen (Managing Director, Beigel Bake Limited) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.866248

London has plenty of incredible food. Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern.. And the bakeries are something to behold too. So it makes sense when you’re in town to try some of its best offeri...

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Ep 71: Surviving A Suicide Attempt&Thriving | Sabrina Ooi (Co-Founder, Calm Collective Asia) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.862642

WARNING: This episode may have some trigger points as we talk about things like depression, suicide and death. 

Sabrina Ooi is the co-founder and CEO of Calm Collective As...

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Ep 72: From (almost) DropKick to Scaling Fast-Growing Startups | Vincent Wei (Head of Growth, VEED.IO) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.859199

Vincent Wei is the Head of Growth (Product & growth) at VEED.IO, one of the fastest growing startups by revenue in the world. 

He was first introduced to the world of startups when he ...

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Ep 73: From Ai Wei Wei to Building Generation T (Tatler) | Lee Williamson (Regional Editorial Editor, Generation T, Tatler Asia Group) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.856295

Lee Williamson is the Regional Editorial Director of Generation T, Tatler Asia Group and currently oversees three of Tatler’s flagship brands: Gen.T, Front & Female and Asia’s Most Influenti...

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Ep 74: Raising USD 70M+in Southeast Asia | Michael Lints (Partner, Golden Gate Ventures) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.853358

Michael Lints is currently a Partner at the Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures. He joined the firm in 2013 and is currently leading growth venture efforts, which include L...

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Ep 75: Selling Her 1st NFT to Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)! | Mumu the Stan (Founder, MalaysiaNFT) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.850783

Welcome to the start of STIMY’s mini NFT sub-series. 

Our first NFT guest is Mumu the Stan, aka MOON HMZ. She’s a young Muslim mother from Malaysia who’s an artist, poet, and published aut...

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Ep 76: How to Sell Out a 8,888 NFT Collection&Run It As A Business | Nicole Yap (Co-Founder, 8SIAN NFT Collection) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.847980

Nicole Yap, co-founder of the 8SIAN NFT Collection, began her cryptocurrency journey back in 2013 when she stumbled across an article on digital currency and its future implications while she wa...

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Ep 77: Founding Two 7-figure Businesses&Launching the First Venture DAO for Women | Lily Wu (Startup Partner Lead, SEA&Co-Founder, WOW Pixies NFT) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.844981

Welcome to the 3rd guest in STIMY’s NFT/Web3 series!

Lily Wu is currently the Startup Partner Lead, SEA at Stripe and co-founder of WOW Pixies, the first DAO to invest in the women-led web...

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Ep 78: Creating a Web3 Accelerator&Curate-to-Earn Platform with Randi Zuckerberg | Debbie Soon (Co-Founder, HUG&former VP, Head of Consumer Products, ONE Championship) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.842300

Debbie Soon is the co-founder of HUG alongside Randi Zuckerberg - a Web3 platform that supports creators and collectors through: HUGhub (curate-to-earn discovery platform for NFTs), groupHUG (NF...

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Ep 79: Celebrity Whisperer&Investor of Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Palthrow, Sophia Amoruso, Tom Brady etc. from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.838508

Nicole Quinn is a General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she focuses on consumer and FinTech investing. Consumer behaviour, founder insights, and company brand are core in Nicole’...

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Ep 80: Ee Ling Lim, Executive Director of Global Programs, 500 Global&Co-Founder of Smarter Me+Young Leaders Summit Asia from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.833420

Ee Ling Lim leads the Global Programs team at 500 Global, overseeing the strategic development and implementation of programs for 500's network of startups all over the world. In her role, s...

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Ep 81: Building a cute, educational&interactive NFT platform for Web3 beginners | Mai Akiyoshi (CEO&Co-Founder, Curious Addys'Trading Club) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.798587

It’s time to meet our 5th #Web3 #NFT guest on STIMY!

Mai Akiyoshi is a Silicon Valley engineer from Japan who has had a rather unconventional route littered with what one might conventiona...

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Ep 82: The Law around NFTs&DAOs - Jamilia Grier (Founder, ByteBao) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.795546

Jamilia Grier is a privacy and regulatory attorney with over fifteen years of experience. She is licensed in New York and Connecticut and has worked in a wide range of industries including finan...

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Ep 83: From Running an Arsenal Review blog with 500k views to Google&Podcasting | Bilal Zaidi (Entrepreneur&Podcaster at Creator Lab&Not Investment Advice) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.793182

It’s always exciting for me to introduce another podcaster on STIMY, and today’s guest has not 1, but 2 highly successful podcasts:

• Creator Lab: an entrepreneurship podcast & grow...
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Ep 84: Becoming a Facebook Executive | Eric Toda (Global Head of Social Marketing&Head of Meta Prosper, Meta) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.790679

Eric Toda has built the American Dream.

He’s the Global Head of Social Marketing & Head of Meta Prosper at Meta as well as an advisory board member of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific Ame...

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Ep 85: How many friends can you have? | Dr Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Oxford University) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.787426

How many friends do you have?

50?

100?

Now how about close friends?

If you’ll recall back in the early days of Facebook, everyone was busy adding every single fr...

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Ep 86.1: FOMOing into NFTs, BAYC, Cryptopunks&Goblintown with Zeneca - NFT Thought Leader, 300k Twitter Followers, Founder of ZenAcademy from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.779983

If you’ve been following STIMY recently, you’ll have noticed our recent Web 3.0 trend. 

Yes, the market is bearish. Crypto is crashing. But more companies & individuals than...

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Ep 86.2: How to x100 your net worth in 1 year via NFT investments | Zeneca 33 (NFT Thought Leader with 300k Twitter Followers&ZenAcademy Founder) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.770344

We’re back with Part 2 of STIMY’s interview with Zeneca 33!

ICYMI: Zeneca is a former professional poker player (15 years!) turned NFT founder, investor and educator. He h...

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Ep 87: Building Evernote, Startup Success is Worse than Startup Failure&Why Blockchain is Bullsh*t | Phil Libin (co-founder, Evernote, mmhmm&All Turtles) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.767191

STIMY 87 features Phil Libin. Some things he’s most known for: 

• Co-founder and CEO of Evernote, which he grew to become a beloved product for hundreds of millions of users
• Man...
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Ep 88: How Fortune 500 Brands Can Enter the Metaverse | Diego Borgo (Metaverse Strategist - Adidas, Gucci, Salesforce, L'Oreal) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.758395

Diego Borgo is a metaverse & Web3 strategic advisor to Fortune 500 brands like Adidas, Salesforce, Unilever, Boson Protocol and more. 

Having featured a number of NF...

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Ep 89: So You Want to Enter the Metaverse? | Tibor Mérey (Managing Director&Partner, Global Co-Lead Metaverse, BCG) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.749158

Tibor Mérey is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), global co-lead on the metaverse, and a core member of Boston Consulting Group's Technology, Media & Telec...

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Ep 90: Building the Bloomberg&Yahoo Finance of Crypto | TM Lee (co-founder&CEO, Coingecko) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.743143

TM Lee is the co-founder & CEO at Coingecko - one of the world’s largest crypto data aggregators with over 150 million users in 2021 alone! 

But before becoming a founder, TM was first...

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Ep 91: This Room is Filled with Crazy! - SPECIAL EDITION from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.738088

Welcome to a very special STIMY Episode 91 & I'm delighted to see all the new STIMY followers this week!

Instead of the normal guest format, this episode will highlight:

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Ep 92: Life of a 4 Star General Who Founded the Malaysian Special Forces | General Tan Sri (Dr) Borhan bin Ahmad (former Chief of Defence Forces, Malaysia) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.729245

How do you get a Deputy Prime Minister* to give you RM 500 million (USD 105M)?

By having the guts & conviction of a Tiger General. 👇🏻

Several months ago, I interviewed General ...

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Ep 93.1: Raising North Korean Entrepreneurs | Geoffrey See (former Chairman, Choson Exchange&WEF Young Global Leader) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.723929

North Korean women are entrepreneurs.

Not the first thing you might think of, but a reality that STIMY’s latest guest - Geoffrey See - knows very well.

So who is Geoffrey See?

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Ep 94: Turning the Tables on... Me?! | Ling Yah x Freda Liu (BFM 89.9 Radio Host) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.712477

This is an interview where Freda Liu (former STIMY Ep 27 guest!), BFM 89.9 radio TV host turned the tables and interviewed.. me!

About my personal journey, particularly with starting this ...

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Ep 95: From Launching Angry Birds Space with NASA to Throwing Parties in Decentraland | Marja Konttinen (Marketing Director, Decentraland) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.706970

It’s not normal to make yourself redundant, right? 😳

It’s hard enough applying for a job 😩, going through 5-8 rounds of interview 🤢before settling into your new role & figuring out ...

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Ep 96: Being Mr Stingy | Aaron Tang (Blogger&Country Manager of Malaysia's First Regulated Crypto Exchange) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.700523

Aaron Tang is a popular Malaysian blogger known as Mr Stingy (on personal finance & career), and the Country Manager of Luno - Malaysia’s first regulated cryptocurrency exchange.

In ma...

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Ep 97: From Vaccine Research to Head of Strategic Projects in Asia | Jeremy Au (Chief of Staff&Head of Strategic Projects, Monk's Hill Ventures+Podcaster, BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.689741

Jeremy Au is the Chief of Staff and Head of Strategic Projects at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies, primarily Series A, in Southeast Asia. And...

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Ep 98: From Devil Wears Prada to Web3 High Fashion?! | Francine Ballard (Founder, Metagolden) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.684575

Devil Wears Prada is the closest thing I have to the world of high fashion.

When I asked Francine Ballard how closely it mimicked reality, she said, “There is some truth to that.”

An...

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Ep 99: Life of a Former Disney #LionKing #Mulan #BeautyAndtheBeast Animator | Davy Liu (Former Disney Animator&Founder, Kendu Films) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.678070

Davy Liu is a Chinese Forrest Gump.

He’s also a former Disney animator who’s worked on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan, Atlantis and Star Wars, and is the founder of Ke...

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Ep 100: So Is This MY Why?! | ft Red Hong Yi (guest host) x Ling Yah from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.667578

Welcome to STIMY’s 100th episode!

In this landmark episode, Red Hong Yi (former STIMY Ep 2 guest) is back as the guest HOST!

She brings the 🔥 & asks about my entire journey beca...

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Ep 101.1: The King of Singapore [Part 1] | Adrian Tan (President of Singapore's Law Society&Partner, TSMP Law Corporation) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.662653

The King of Singapore has spoken… to me! 😮

His accolades are every Asian parent’s wet dream:

👉🏻 President of Singapore’s Law Society;

👉🏻 Partner at TSMP;

👉🏻 Bestse...

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Ep 102: Confessions of an Ex-Convict, Secret Society Member&Social Escort Business Owner | Notle Chew from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.646324

Notle Chew grew up a Crazy Rich Asian. 

Who later ended up joining the Secret Society & running one of Singapore’s first social escort businesses (and a successful one at that!) for al...

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Ep 103: The House of Yes | Nicole Levinson (Chief Marketing Officer, audo; Senior VP, Playboy Club New York) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.641445

Nicole Levinson is the House of Yes.

And unafraid of forging her own path, which includes being: 

🔥 Chief Marketing Officer, audo

🔥 Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing a...

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Goodbye! 😱 from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.636080

Welcome to Ep 104 of the So This Is My Why Podcast and this is... Goodbye! 😱

At least to 2022.

This will be the last episode of 2022 because it's time for a break :)

That ...

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Ep 105: Sneak Peek into the STIMY 2023 Lineup! from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.631086

Welcome to the first STIMY episode of 2023!

For the 105th episode, we're doing a little sneak peek into some of the upcoming episodes and as always, they're varied, but interesting...

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Ep 106: WTF? This is the best secret to unhappiness | Xav Desmet, Head of Digital Natives, Startups&Unicorns for Asia @ Zoom from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.625941

Xavier Desmet is the Head of Digital Natives, Startups and Unicorns for Asia at Zoom.

And in this episode, we talk about all:

• Tiger Mums (or for the French, “Jewish Mums”);
...
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Ep 107: The Story Behind the Story - How a CNN Reporter Built Her Career | Michelle Toh (Writer&Reporter, CNN) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.615126

Michelle Toh is every Asian parents' dream child.

• She's ambitious.
• Has a strong sense of self.
• And will do whateve...
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Ep 108: How To Build a 4.4 million YouTube following in Asia | Gerald Sebastian (co-founder, Kok Bisa) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.608316

It’s cool to be a YouTuber these days.

But how do you go pro?

What’s your life like?

And how much do you earn?!

To answer this over the Chinese New Year (hope everyone is...

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Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman Brothers to Tony Blair&Web3 | Chrissy Hill (General Counsel, Parity Technologies) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.602784

If you want to hear from someone who: 

❓Helped purchase Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion;

❓Built out the equity practice in Europe for Barclays Capital;

❓Worked for Tony ...

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Ep 110.1: How do you measure your life? | Ian Lee (Co-Founder, Syndicate&Former Head of Crypto&Blockchain, Citi) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.596954

Ian Lee is the co-founder of Syndicate: a decentralised investing protocol & social network by the likes of A16Z, IDEO, Kleiner Perkins, Uniswap, Coinbase, Opensea, circle & Ledger. He i...

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Ep 111: Building the hottest Southeast Asian Tech Startup Newsletter | Amanda Cua (Founder, Backscoop) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.586538

Amanda Cua is the founder of Backscoop: the hottest newsletter covering all things in the Southeast Asian startup industry.

She’s only 20 years old but:

• Backscoop has already cr...
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Ep 112.1: Confessions of a hawker's son turned MD of UBS (with 2.9 million LinkedIn followers!) | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.578159

How does a shy boy with no social skills, who failed his mathematics & went to school smelling of prawns every day... become the Managing Director of UBS?

Just ask Eric Sim. Listen

Ep 112 Part 2: How to Gain 2.9 MILLION LinkedIn Followers&Build a Second Career | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.572103

Eric had the world at his feet.

He had gone from selling prawn noodles at his father's hawker stall in Singapore to becoming the Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank.

So why ...

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SPECIAL: Questions from the Audience with Eric Sim (former Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.563584

We've heard from Eric Sim all week.

In Part 1, we learned about his jo...

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Ep 113: How Do You Build a 200,000+community in 3 years?! | Bryan Pham (Co-Founder, Asian Hustle Network, AHNF, AHN Ventures, Hate Is A Virus) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.558174

Everyone wants to start a community while Bryan Pham (with his co-founder, Maggie Chui) has grown a global community from 0 to 200,000+ in 3 years! 😱 

#casual

Best ...

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Ep 114: Confessions of a former opium addict&secret society member | Alvin Chiong (ex-convict, Triad Trail tour guide&chef) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.553070

Alvin Chiong's father was an opium addict.

And as for Alvin:

• Age 7: Alvin's mother abandoned the family
• Age 9: Started sniffing glue & joined the secret soci...
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Ep 115: The Most Powerful Woman in the Room | Lydia Fenet (former Christie's Managing Director&Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Most Powerful Woman in the Room from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.541291

Lydia Fenet is the most powerful woman in the room.

She has sold over $1 billion dollars for nonprofits globally alongside Elton John, Jason Bourne (aka Matt Bourne), Bruce Springsteen &am...

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Ep 116: The EPIC Life in Building Homes in 3 days?! | John-Son Oei (Founder&Chief Epic Officer, EPIC Collective) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.535662

John-Son Oei’s EPIC social enterprise was born out of guilt.

This former Rain oppa lookalike (time to check out his photos! 😏) knew the importance of giving back. Wanted to give ...

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Ep 117: From an Intervention by the Pope to Overhauling the US Financial System, SVB, Signature Bank&Trumplestilkin | Barney Frank (former US Congressman, Chairman of the US Financial Services Committee) from 2023-12-13T20:10:48.532058

Former US Congressman Barney Frank has been described by the New York Times as "one of the people most responsible for overhauling financial regulation after the 2008 ec...

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