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词条 Melvin Wong Hwang Chee
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  1. Career

  2. Awards

  3. References

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}}{{notability|biographies|date=March 2019}}Melvin Wong Hwang Chee (born 30 July 1978) is a Malaysian entrepreneur, speaker and businessman. He was the founder of FanXT, a fantasy sports platforms for The Football Association, MotoGP and Formula One.[1]

Career

Melvin was born on 30 July 1978, in Kuching, Sarawak. He started his company Just Mobile in 2005 which expanded into a fantasy sports platform known as FanXT.[2] In 2016, Grand Perfecta Inc., a Tokyo based company, acquired FanXT via its U.S subsidiary, Sports Perfecta Inc.[3]

In 2012, Melvin represented his country at Global Entrepreneurship Week, organised by United States Department of State, which was held at The White House in Washington DC. In 2013, Melvin was a speaker at science, technology and entrepreneurship event together with Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Kerri-Ann Jones at Universiti Teknologi MARA System in Malaysia. He was also a speaker at The Global Entrepreneurship Summit which was officiated by President Obama and was held in 2013.[4]

Melvin was the winner of MyEG Make The Pitch Season 2, a business reality show that was aired on 8TV (Malaysia) in 2012. He won a sum of MYR 1 million investment money from MyEG which he later turned down.[5] He was also among the semi-finalists at Startup Asia business TV reality show aired on Channel News Asia in 2014.[6]

Melvin has won several local and international awards including the TiE’s All-Asia Business Plan Competition in 2012 and Malaysia's National Intellectual Property Award, organised by MyIPO in 2014.[7][8] Melvin's FanXT was a finalist in The Football Business Awards 2014 together with Bloomberg Sports, FIFA and Sky Deutschland.[9][10][11] Currently, Melvin is a mentor with The South Bay Entrepreneurial Center in California.[12]

Awards

  • National Intellectual Property Awards - Malaysia - (2014)
  • GIST - U.S - (2013)
  • TiE Global All-Asia Business Competition - India - (2012)
  • MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) - Malaysia - (2011)
  • MIPTV Finalist for Content 360 Competition - MIPTV - France - (2010)
  • InnOvation Malaysia Awards - Malaysia - (2009)
  • Mobile Monday Global Summit Peer Awards - Malaysia - (2008)
  • MSC Mobile Content Competition - Malaysia - (2006)

References

1. ^[https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/sizzle-fizzle/justmobileincs-wong-makes-a-pivot-to-fantasy-sports?page=0%2C0 Melvin Wong Hwang Chee makes a pivot to fantasy sports] Retrieved 24 January 2017
2. ^Just Mobile founder and chief executive officer Melvin Wong Retrieved 24 January 2017
3. ^Grand Perfecta, Inc., Acquires FanXT to Expand Into Fantasy Sports Market Yahoo Finance Retrieved 24 January 2017
4. ^Country representative in Global Entrepreneurship Week event in the U.S White House in 2012 Retrieved 24 January 2017
5. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAk830llTc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUuPCKwwr2rbEjDVQ0P7lWjw MyEG Make The Pitch, a reality show showcasing Malaysian entrepreneurs pitching their innovative ideas to a group of potential investors in order to gain monetary investment airing on 8TV] Retrieved 24 January 2017
6. ^Melvin Wong Hwang yang mecipta Perisian Applikasi Fantasy Football Untuk Sistem Android Google dan Sistem Opera Retrieved 24 January 2017
7. ^[https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/sizzle-fizzle/tie--malaysia-out-to-help-entrepreneurs-keeps-it-casual Melvin Wong, Eddie Lim and Hassanal Burhanuddin, presented a winning business plan on a fantasy online game website] Retrieved 24 January 2017
8. ^World Intellectual Property Organisation praises Malaysian IP management The Borneo Post Retrieved 24 January 2017
9. ^[https://integrity.sportradar.com/news-archive/news/2014/09/sportradar-security-services-shortlisted-in-two-categories-at-football-business-awards/ Sportradar Security Services shortlisted in two categories at Football Business Awards] Retrieved 24 January 2017
10. ^Brace of Respected Awards for FanXT Retrieved 24 January 2017
11. ^FanXT waved high Jalur Gemilang at Asia Level Business Competition in India Retrieved 24 January 2017
12. ^The South Bay Entrepreneurial Center Retrieved 25 January 2017

4 : 1978 births|Living people|Malaysian businesspeople|People from Kuching

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