Melvin Wong Hwang Chee | |
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| Born | Melvin Wong Hwang Chee 30 July 1978 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, speaker, businessman |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Known for | FanXT |
Melvin Wong Hwang Chee (born 30 July 1978) is an entrepreneur, speaker and businessman. He was the founder of FanXT, a fantasy sports platforms for The Football Association, MotoGP and Formula One. [1]
Wong started his company Just Mobile in 2005 which expanded into a fantasy sports platform known as FanXT. [2] [3] In 2016, Grand Perfecta Inc., a Tokyo based company, acquired FanXT via its U.S subsidiary, Sports Perfecta Inc. [4] [3]
In 2012, Wong 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. [5]
Wong was the winner of MyEG Make The Pitch Season 2, a business reality show that was aired on 8TV (Malaysia) in 2012. Wong won a sum of MYR 1 million investment money from MyEG which he later turned down. [6] He was also among the semi-finalists at Startup Asia business TV reality show aired on Channel News Asia in 2014. [7]
Wong 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. [8] [9] [3] Melvin's FanXT was a finalist in The Football Business Awards 2014 together with Bloomberg Sports, FIFA and Sky Deutschland. [10] [11] [12] Currently, Melvin is a mentor with The South Bay Entrepreneurial Center in California. [13]
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