Tan Sri Ngai Koh Peng
The godfather of the Malaysian casino industry, 36-year-old Tan Sri Ngai Koh Peng is the founder of the mighty 96ACE Group; an organisation that reigns in the casino and other formidable industries. Koh Peng, who hails from a humble background, is now one of the youngest ‘Tan Sri’ in Malaysia. His natural affinity for gambling, his entrepreneurial talent and determination drives him to make Malaysia great again with 96ACE Group. Read on about this great visionary, and we wonder how far his ambition can reach!
Tan Sri Ngai Koh Peng is revered as ‘The Godfather’ in the Malaysian gambling scene. He is one of the top experts in the Malaysian casino industry, who founded 96Ace Group back in 2007.
The Origin
Hailing from a little fishing village in Sekinchan (Selangor, Malaysia), Koh Peng was born into a humble household on 5th February 1985 to a fisherman father and a mother who runs a coffee shop in Sekinchan’s town centre. Ever since he was a little boy, he has a strong interest in gambling and anything related to it. He began by auctioning his toys using 100 RM1 tickets. Similar to lottery tickets, each ticket bears two digits and the participants’ ticket that matches the drawn number shall win the toys.
Through the Early Years
From that point, Koh Peng has sealed his fate in the world of gambling. As he progresses into his high school and university days, he has studied gambling in-depth and tested his knowledge-cum-skills of every gambling game at casinos or with family and friends during festive days. During his studious days in Ross School of Business in University of Michigan (United States), he began spending time dissecting the game of Blackjack and Baccarat; understanding those games with more in depth and precision. He wrote a personal thesis of Blackjack and Baccarat strategies, giving punters a new insight of those games. It has become one of the best comprehensive guidebook for all gamblers. Many gamblers have won big bucks from utilising the book.
The Rise of 96ACE Group
After he has graduated with a bachelor degree in business along with his self-developed skills in gambling, he returned to Malaysia and founded 96ACE Group at a tender age of 22. Inheriting the grit of his father and the entrepreneurial traits from his mother, he has used everything that he has learnt to build his very own online casino. He has all the knowledge and the cheat codes that he needs to run a successful online casino; he is well-versed of every casino game which includes the rules of gameplay and strategies.
Running an online casino is no easy feat, as it needs the combination of skills from various field such as graphic design, internet technology, finance, accounting, cyber security, customer service and more. He studied more about those field to pick the best talent into his organisation. This helps to create the ideal online casino site in Malaysia for Malaysians and abroad!
Since then, 96ACE online casino Malaysia has catered the best online casino service and gaming products to players all around the world. By age 30, he has become the youngest gambling expert and entrepreneur to gain an induction to the prestigious Gambling Hall of Fame in Malaysia.
The Present & Beyond
To date, at the age of 36, Tan Sri Ngai Koh Peng has expanded 96ACE Group into various industry including technology (internet technology, energy, life sciences & biotechnology), food & beverage, and plantation (palm oil, rubber, tea plantation). Current expansion in work shall cover the tourism, logistic and fuel & gas sector. His huge contribution to Malaysia’s economy has earned him the title of ‘Tan Sri’ by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The youngest ‘Tan Sri’ in the nation, Koh Peng is a visionary who has belted so much achievement and there is no end to where his ambitions can reach.