The Macro Kiosk blueprint began in year 2000 when brothers Kenny and Henry Goh, while completing their tertiary education, founded Macro Kiosk with another brother in 1998 as a partnership powering paging networks. Being forerunners in recognizing the SMS technology potential, persuading investors to finance a technology relatively new to the local market was a major challenge. Yet their passion and firm belief in their business plan led an investor to finance their venture. Macro Kiosk has since metamorphosed into regional offices in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia, supported by an approximately 100 - strong staff force and its systems are being used by eighteen sectors that include aviation, hospitality and retail.

Galvanizing this phenomenon is Macro Kiosk's own SMS Gateway known as etracker, conceived by these young entrepreneurs. The etracker platform is connected to 364 mobile operators over 115 countries providing bi-directional SMS and 34 mobile operators over ten countries to provide premium / reverse-charged SMS, servicing over a thousand content providers worldwide.

These focused and driven young entrepreneurs have propelled Macro Kiosk's extraordinary growth and in this short period of time, have won them numerous accolades in the region. @ Sept 06

Mr Simon Loh founded e-pay (M) in 1999 to provide reliable, secure and flexible electronic prepaid solutions to service providers, and at the same time to create business opportunities to retailers, thus revolutionizing the traditional purchase process of physical top up cards among consumers. e-pay secured its first Mobile Operator partnership with Digi in 1999 and this was rapidly followed by tie-ups with Celcom, Maxis, Telekom and Time in 2000, with 7-Eleven, Guardian Pharmacy, BP, and Petronas in 2001, and with Satelindo, Indonesia's second largest mobile operator in 2002.

Today, e-pay is the leading provider of electronic top up services for prepaid mobile users in Southeast Asia, and operates in Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand, processes about 70 million prepaid mobile transactions per annum through a network of over 20,000 points of sale with an impressive compound revenue and profit growth of approximately 50% per annum over the past few years.

In January 2006, e-pay Malaysia was injected into e-pay Asia Ltd, which is dual listed on ASX (Australia Stock Exchange) in 2000 as well as on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) of London Stock Exchange in 2005, the first Malaysian company to be listed on that Market.

Mr Loh was one of the founder members of Young Entrepreneurs Organization Malaysia Chapter, a global, non-profit educational organization for business owners. @ Sept 06

After starting her career as an architect in the civil service where she was involved in prestigious projects such as Malaysian embassies in Japan and Indonesia, Puan Nafisah Radin spent a few years with an established architecture firm. Her desire to be an entrepreneur and to make a name for herself led her to set up her own firms to provide architectural as well as interior design consultancy services.

Through her entrepreneurial capabilities, passion and professionalism, supported by a strong team who believed in her vision, Puan Nafisah has created her own space in the male dominated industry. Within a span of six years, she has been involved in a range of projects from housing, institutional, commercial to hospitality worth over RM1.5 billion. Her firms have won competitions for the smart school complex in Putrajaya and the 4 star Putrajaya Impiana Hotel. Her other accomplishments include the innovative low energy bungalow housing project in Putrajaya and a luxury housing development project, as well as the design of an orphanage complex in Bandar Acheh as part of the Tsunami Relief efforts. The upcoming Energy Commission Headquarters in Putrajaya which will be a showcase energy efficient and sustainable building is also one of her projects.

Puan Nafisah has been bestowed accolades in recognition of her contributions to the country's development. @ Sept 06

Y Bhg Dato' Tony started his career with Virgin Group, before joining Warner Music International London. At a youthful age of 27, he was transferred back to Malaysia to head Warner Music Malaysia where he had twelve illustrious years, his last position being the Vice President ASEAN.

His drive to become his own boss led Dato' Tony, with three partners, to takeover an ailing airline. In December '01, Asia's first low cost carrier - low fare, no frills - was born. In a mere 5 years, the airline had formed 2 successful joint ventures in Thailand (Jan '04), and Indonesia (Dec '04), became the first airline in the world to introduce SMS booking (Aug '03), introduced ticket-less travelling, expanded its fleet from the original two to forty-six, and now flies to over 40 destinations in Malaysia, Thailand (Nov '03), Indonesia (Apr '04), Macau (Dec '04), China (Apr '05), Philippines (Apr '05), Brunei (Jul '06), Cambodia (Nov '05), and Vietnam (Oct '06), thereby revolutionizing air travel in these countries.

Since its inception, AirAsia has recorded profits annually despite increasing fuel costs. It is now a public listed company on Bursa Malaysia, having raised RM717.4 million in one of the largest public offering in Malaysia.

In less than 5 years, AirAsia group has carried over 23 million guests and now everyone can truly fly! @ Sept 06