Tengku Farith is the CEO of SKALI group, an IT business he co-founded with others in the 1990s following the rise of the internet. He has 6 siblings and graduated from Carleton University in Canada with a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1992. After working at CIMB for 3 years, he helped establish SKALI group which aimed to bring the search engine Alta Vista to Malaysia and Asia by building online content and selling advertisements. While the business initially struggled due to lack of demand, Tengku Farith decided to join full-time and helped turn the business around through strategic planning, achieving 88% year-on-year revenue growth. He has received several awards for his entrepreneurship and

2. Biographical
CEO of SKALI
group.
6 siblings
Tengku Ahmad
Rithauddeen and
Tengku Nor Aini
High school in
Ottawa, Canada
at the age of 13
graduated from
Carleton University -
Bachelor degree in
Economics in 1992
worked at
CIMB for 3 year

3. SKALI group is
involved in
technology business
(IT)
SKALI group was set up
by Tengku Farith with
Azma Ahmad Aimi Aizal
Nazharuddin.
Maznida Mokhtar,
Mohd Reza Shafiee,
Mohd Hisham Mohd
Isa and Harjono
Zainal Abidin
following the internet
‘euphoria’ internet
that swept the world
in 1990-an
This young group
ambitious to bringing
in the search engine ‘
Alta Vista “ to Malaysia
Asia with the ideal build
content around the
search engines, thus
reaping profits by
selling online ads

4. Entrepreneurial characteristic and
traits
Problem
solving
ability
Systematic planning
See and act
on
opportunities

5. Challenge
The business not
successful run
because lack of
demand
decided to come on
board full-time,
leaving his steady job
at Road Builder
Tengku Farith and
team began to
strategize the
settlement of pending
payments
data business was
booming well,
resulting 88% year-
on-year revenue
growth
This process win the
confident of the
investors

6. Achievement
In 2002 , selected as one of the
100 Global Leaders for
tomorrow (GLT) – The World
Economic Forum, Davos of
Switzerland
In 2004 – The first recipient –
Young Entrepreneur award – Malay
Chamber of Commerce, Malaysia
In 2006 – awarded the
Prestigious Eisenhower
Fellowship for 2007 – The
Eisenhower Foundation, USA

7. “You got to be innovative
with your offerings – be
different, identify
uniqueness of your
product/services.
Entrepreneurs should posses
NEVER give up attitude in
order to be successful.”