Ygl Convergence Berhad was awarded one of the winners for the Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award 2009 at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (“APEA”) 2009 Malaysia. Mr. Yeap Kong Chean, CEO of Ygl was conferred at a gala dinner and official awards ceremony held last night at the Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

APEA is a world-class award recognizing and honoring business leaders who have shown outstanding performance and tenacity in developing successful businesses within the region as judged by an independent judging panel. Judging from both quantitative and qualitative criteria, the winners of the Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award are entrepreneurs that have displayed outstanding accomplishment and have the vision and plan to lead their companies to become leading businesses in the near future.

Mr. Yeap’s success formula is “Never Give Up”. In order to excel, you need to go through a competitive environment and only by doing so, can a person’s true potential be cultivated and realized.  He believes the spirit to move forward and bring value to the company is in what we do must be right for the group, customers and business partners.

Currently Mr. Yeap has led the company to expand by creating expertise domain for Industry verticals and also opening offices across Asia Pacific.

His future vision is to create a “Think Tank” committee – where entrepreneur works! This is to attract talented people of all walks of industries to share in our vision and grow with the company.

For Mr. Yeap, having a strong vision has been a defining factor in his success. Almost from the beginning, Mr. Yeap has had a clear idea of where he wants to take his company. While the core elements have remained the same — to build a strong, professional company —the vision changed in scope to encompass not only Malaysia but all of Asia Pacific.

“My vision is to build a legacy with an elite committee and a brand that endures,” he says.