Born To Lead
The CEO Magazine Asia|July 2020
Inspired by his father’s success, victor tan always hoped to run his own business. Although he is now living that dream as ceo of top international holding, victor says he still thinks of himself as an entrepreneur.
Nikki Stefanoff
Born To Lead

Victor Tan was born to be an entrepreneur. Perhaps it was growing up as the eldest, the natural leader of five children, or maybe it was watching his father’s entrepreneurial spirit flourish and prosper. Whatever it was that sparked this curious interest in business has led him to pursue his dream all the way to the top. “I always wanted to start a company. My father was an entrepreneur, and seeing him build something from nothing was incredibly inspiring to me,” Victor explains. “I wanted to experience that satisfaction of building a business from the ground up and achieving a similar success on my own. My father had so many businesses, and when I was younger, I would follow him around learning everything I could from him. The last business he owned was in resources, which meant he was actively involved in the mining industry, and so my knowledge of bauxite can be traced back to then. Everything I learned from him during those days came into play when I decided to launch Top International Holding (TIH) and start out on my own.”

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