Paul Tan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Tan
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Oct 27, 1984(1984-10-27)
Age	40
Birthplace	Kuantan
Country	Malaysia
Birth City	Pahang
Horoscope	Scorpio

Paul Tan Biography

Paul Tan is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on October 27, 1984 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

After graduating, Paul Tan enrolled in an I.T.-related degree in HELP University, Damansara Heights. However, when Paul was 19, his father died, forcing Paul to drop out of college to find a full-time job in an effort to pay the bills and his brother’s education. Paul’s first attempt at entrepreneurship came in the form of his 2003 employment at Hulk Solutions Sdn. Bhd. as Chief technology officer (CTO). He was responsible for managing Hulk Solution’s information system resources, which included the maintenance of a rack server used for applications hosting in the Telekom Malaysia Internet Data Centre (TMIDC) in Cyberjaya. Paul coded on the LAMP platform and his clients included well-known names such as The Star, The Malay Mail, Monsoon Cup and Peugeot.

Established in 2004, paultan.org enjoyed a quick rise to fame and has since consistently positioned itself among the Top 100 most frequented websites by Malaysian internet users according to Alexa, comScore and Effective Measure. His website was the basis for the television programme in 2010 called Driven which ran for four seasons.

Paul Tan Net Worth

Paul Tan is one of the richest Journalist from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Tan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paul Tan’s career in automotive journalism has its roots in his childhood. Paul was not born into a privileged family. While Paul was studying at the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, his father had contracted cancer. Paul was forced into adversity at an early age and had to take several jobs to earn extra money for his family, which included his mother, a housewife, and a brother, who was four years younger. Paul worked as an intern in G-LabWorks Sdn Bhd between November and December 2000, where he exercised his HTML and JavaScript skills. For the first six months of 2001, he worked as a web developer at AMP Radio Networks (currently known as Astro Radio). He led a team of 3 other web developers for the Xfresh Teen Community online portal at www.xfresh.com. Paul also designed a bus wrap which promoted the Xfresh website on Intrakota buses. In 2001, Paul graduated with his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) certificate in the Science stream.

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Who is Paul Tan Dating?

According to our records, Paul Tan married to Jenny Phang. As of December 1, 2023, Paul Tan’s is not dating anyone.

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The concept of a Malaysian motoring television programme sparked from Paul Tan and his team in 2008. The concept materialised into Driven, which debuted on 11 April 2010 on 8TV. Driven episodes were also hosted on a dedicated website owned by Driven Communications, www.driven.com.my. The show featured new car reviews, challenges, an ‘Insider Review’ segment, public service announcements and various other content concerning both Malaysian and international motoring topics. Driven was presented by three hosts, namely Sharizan Borhan, Nurul Alis and Harvinder Singh. It was directed by Jon Yap and produced by Nazrudin Rahman. The programme was sponsored by BHPetrol.

Facts & Trivia

Pedro Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Paul Tan celebrates birthday on October 27 of every year.

As of the 2010s, Paul Tan is a well-known entrepreneur in Malaysia and a prominent figure in the mainstream motoring media and automotive industry. Paul is currently the managing director at Driven Communications Sdn. Bhd. He occasionally writes articles on paultan.org, but is no longer the exclusive writer of the website, as the workload is currently being shared among his colleagues Danny Tan, Jonathan Lee, Matthew Hernandez Tong, Mick Chan, Anthony Lim, Gerard Lye, and Hafriz Shah respectively. Paul is also the Director at Driven Technologies Sdn. Bhd. At one point between September 2011 and March 2012, he was also the Technical Lead at Planet Venus Sdn. Bhd., the company behind VenusBuzz.com.