Erwin Huang (黃岳永, born 1965) is a pioneer in bringing technology to education and social enterprise. He is well known for his participation in the TV reality show where the Silicon Valley-trained expert and CEO of a listed company lived a in crummy subdivided apartment in Shum Shui Po, Hong Kong, earning 50 HKD per day. This experience had significantly changed Huang's view towards life, motivating him to actively engaging in social entrepreneurship and helping the underprivileged groups via social innovations and information technology. During his studies, Huang's father refused to pay anything but his tuition to avoid him being distracted from school. He worked part-time after school to buy his first car, which was then worth US $65. He also used the salary of his part-time job to travel around US and Europe, demonstrating that it was possible to “read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles at the same time”. The social entrepreneur graduated at Boston University in 1986 with a double degree in Information Technology and System Management. Huang has also studied in MIT, Harvard Business School and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He likes to meet with young people and undergraduates to exchange ideas and experience in many university talks in Hong Kong. Career Huang's career started in Apple Inc in US. Thereafter, he focused on establishing his own start-up companies and software development. The entrepreneur invested and ran various publishing, information technology and telecommunication companies, as well as developing software for phones (which were the predecessors of smartphone apps) in Hong Kong, China, Tokyo, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Brazil and London. In 2005, he was invited to join Tse Sui Luen Jewellry (International) Limited (thereafter known as TSL; HKEx 417) and was appointed as CEO in 2008. Huang is now the Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of TSL. In 2008, he worked with Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and CSL Mobile to develop Personal Emergency Link Service successfully. In 2009, Huang participated in TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series” to explore the problem of extreme disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong, which was his first time experiencing the despair of the poverty-stricken communities in real life. In 2011, he founded the social enterprise WebOrganic. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the enterprise. Huang was also the President of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), Chairman of eLearning Consortium and Vice Chairman of SCHSA (safety bell). Huang believes corporate has its social responsibility to bring positive social impact to the society apart from making profits. In 2014, Huang was awarded as the Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador. In 2016, Huang has accepted the invitation from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to be appointed as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management in School of Business, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in School of Engineering, and Senior Advisor of Centre for Education Innovation in Entrepreneurship. Information technology After graduating from university, Huang joined Apple in 1986 responsible for the retail and distribution network in China. He was the first person selling Apple computers to China. At that time, Apple's Macintosh did not provide a Chinese version. Therefore, Huang went back to the headquarters and negotiated for a Chinese version with PageMaker. In 1989, he returned to Hong Kong to start his business. In two months’ time, he introduced the desktop publishing layout software PageMaker (Chinese version) to Hong Kong. By breaking the limits of the traditional publishing industry, as well as assisting the first publication of Next Magazine, Huang had thus successfully earned HK$ 10 million. Social innovations In 2008, Huang, then Vice-president of Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, served as the Convener of “Mobile Link” and cooperated with CSL to develop Personal Emergency Link Service, also known as Safety Bell for the elderly. In the following year, Huang was invited to join RTHK’s reality TV show “ Rich Mate Poor Mate Series” to experience the lives of the underprivileged, which became the turning point of his life. During the reality show, he took some freelance cleaning jobs in Tsz Wan Shan in Hong Kong, earning 50 HKD (around 6.4 USD) per day and living in a rental of 700HKD (90USD) per month subdivided apartment in Sham Shui Po for 5 days. The only thing he could bring with him was his iPhone during the 5-day experience. On the show premier, the General Manager of YMCA Hong Kong, Dr. Alice Yuk said to him, “You returned to your own world, but their lives are still the same. Many people are still very poor. What can we do to help?” This has prompted him to resign as the CEO of TSL Group in 2010. In May next year, Huang founded WebOrganic and served as the CEO of the company with a mission to solve the problem of cross-generational poverty through education . With an aim to integrate our elders better in our society, Huang served as the project convener and developed Personal Emergency Link Service in 2008. Mobile Link is effectively the outdoor version of Safety Bell, allowing senior citizens to call emergency service with one click when an accident occurs. In 2010, Personal Emergency Link Service received the Grand Prize of the Digital Opportunity Award from World Information Technology and Services Alliance. Interests When iPhone was first premiered in 2007, Huang was widely reported to be the first Hongkonger to fly from Hong Kong to Apple's headquarters in the U.S. to queue up to purchase an iPhone. His work had always been related to Apple. He had worked at Apple and developed smartphone apps. When filming the TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series”, he chose to keep his iPhone as the only one belonging without a second thought. Therefore, media like to call him the “No. 1 fan of Apple” . Huang is a fan of the famous Japanese anime “Gundam”. He once said he had thousands of “Zaku” models at home. He occasionally posts his pictures with Gundam and his other toys on Facebook .
Erwin Huang (黃岳永, born 1965) is involved in bringing technology to education and social enterprise. During his studies, Huang's father refused to pay anything but his tuition to avoid him being distracted from school. He worked part-time after school to buy his first car, which was then worth US $65. He also used the salary of his part-time job to travel around US and Europe, demonstrating that it was possible to “read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles at the same time”. The social entrepreneur graduated at Boston University in 1986 with a double degree in Information Technology and System Management. Huang has also studied in MIT, Harvard Business School and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He likes to meet with young people and undergraduates to exchange ideas and experience in many university talks in Hong Kong. Career Huang's career started in Apple Inc in US. Thereafter, he focused on establishing his own start-up companies and software development. The entrepreneur invested and ran various publishing, information technology and telecommunication companies, as well as developing software for phones (which were the predecessors of smartphone apps) in Hong Kong, China, Tokyo, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Brazil and London. In 2005, he was invited to join Tse Sui Luen Jewellry (International) Limited (thereafter known as TSL; HKEx 417) and was appointed as CEO in 2008. Huang is now the Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman. In 2008, he worked with Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and CSL Mobile to develop Personal Emergency Link Service successfully. In 2009, Huang participated in TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series” to explore the problem of extreme disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong, which was his first time experiencing the despair of the poverty-stricken communities in real life. In 2011, he founded the social enterprise WebOrganic. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the enterprise. Huang was also the President of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), Chairman of eLearning Consortium and Vice Chairman of SCHSA (safety bell). In 2016, Huang has accepted the invitation from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to be appointed as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management in School of Business, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in School of Engineering, and Senior Advisor of Centre for Education Innovation in Entrepreneurship. Information technology After graduating from university, Huang joined Apple in 1986 responsible for the retail and distribution network in China. He was the first person selling Apple computers to China. At that time, Apple's Macintosh did not provide a Chinese version. Therefore, Huang went back to the headquarters and negotiated for a Chinese version with PageMaker. In 1989, he returned to Hong Kong to start his business. In two months’ time, he introduced the desktop publishing layout software PageMaker (Chinese version) to Hong Kong. By breaking the limits of the traditional publishing industry, as well as assisting the first publication of Next Magazine, Huang had thus successfully earned HK$ 10 million. Social innovations In 2008, Huang, then Vice-president of Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, served as the Convener of “Mobile Link” and cooperated with CSL to develop Personal Emergency Link Service, also known as Safety Bell for the elderly. In the following year, Huang was invited to join RTHK’s reality TV show “ Mate Poor Mate Series” to experience the lives of the underprivileged, which became the turning point of his life. During the reality show, he took some freelance cleaning jobs in Tsz Wan Shan in Hong Kong, earning 50 HKD (around 6.4 USD) per day and living in a rental of 700HKD (90USD) per month subdivided apartment in Sham Shui Po for 5 days. The only thing he could bring with him was his iPhone during the 5-day experience. On the show premier, the General Manager of YMCA Hong Kong, Dr. Alice Yuk said to him, “You returned to your own world, but their lives are still the same. Many people are still very poor. What can we do to help?” This has prompted him to resign as the CEO of TSL Group in 2010. In May next year, Huang founded WebOrganic . Huang served as the project convener and developed Personal Emergency Link Service in 2008. Mobile Link is effectively the outdoor version of Safety Bell, allowing senior citizens to call emergency service with one click when an accident occurs. In 2010, Personal Emergency Link Service received the Grand Prize of the Digital Opportunity Award from World Information Technology and Services Alliance. Interests When iPhone was first premiered in 2007, Huang was widely reported to be the first Hongkonger to fly from Hong Kong to Apple's headquarters in the U.S. to queue up to purchase an iPhone. His work had always been related to Apple. He had worked at Apple and developed smartphone apps. When filming the TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series”, he chose to keep his iPhone as the only one belonging without a second thought. Therefore, media like to call him the “No. 1 fan of Apple” .
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He is well known for his participation in the TV reality show where the Silicon Valley-trained expert and CEO of a listed company lived a in crummy subdivided apartment in Shum Shui Po, Hong Kong, earning 50 HKD per day. This experience had significantly changed Huang's view towards life, motivating him to actively engaging in social entrepreneurship and helping the underprivileged groups via social innovations and information technology.
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$65. He also used the salary of his part-time job to travel around US and Europe, demonstrating that it was possible to “read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles at the same time”. The social entrepreneur graduated at Boston University in 1986 with a double degree in Information Technology and System Management. Huang has also studied in MIT, Harvard Business School and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He likes to meet with young people and undergraduates to exchange ideas and experience in many university talks in Hong Kong. Career Huang's career started in Apple Inc in US. Thereafter, he focused on establishing his own start-up companies and software development. The entrepreneur invested and ran various publishing, information technology and telecommunication companies, as well as developing software for phones (which were the predecessors of smartphone apps) in Hong Kong, China, Tokyo, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Brazil and London. In 2005, he was invited to join Tse Sui Luen Jewellry (International) Limited (thereafter known as TSL; HKEx 417) and was appointed as CEO in 2008. Huang is now the Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of TSL. In 2008, he worked with Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and CSL Mobile to develop Personal Emergency Link Service successfully. In 2009, Huang participated in TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series” to explore the problem of extreme disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong, which was his first time experiencing the despair of the poverty-stricken communities in real life. In 2011, he founded the social enterprise WebOrganic. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the enterprise. Huang was also the President of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), Chairman of eLearning Consortium and Vice Chairman of SCHSA (safety bell). Huang believes corporate has its social responsibility to bring positive social impact to the society apart from making profits. In 2014, Huang was awarded as the Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador. In 2016, Huang has accepted the invitation from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to be appointed as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management in School of Business, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in School of Engineering, and Senior Advisor of Centre for Education Innovation in Entrepreneurship. Information technology After graduating from university, Huang joined Apple in 1986 responsible for the retail and distribution network in China. He was the first person selling Apple computers to China. At that time, Apple's Macintosh did not provide a Chinese version. Therefore, Huang went back to the headquarters and negotiated for a Chinese version with PageMaker. In 1989, he returned to Hong Kong to start his business. In two months’ time, he introduced the desktop publishing layout software PageMaker (Chinese version) to Hong Kong. By breaking the limits of the traditional publishing industry, as well as assisting the first publication of Next Magazine, Huang had thus successfully earned HK$
$65. He also used the salary of his part-time job to travel around US and Europe, demonstrating that it was possible to “read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles at the same time”. The social entrepreneur graduated at Boston University in 1986 with a double degree in Information Technology and System Management. Huang has also studied in MIT, Harvard Business School and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He likes to meet with young people and undergraduates to exchange ideas and experience in many university talks in Hong Kong. Career Huang's career started in Apple Inc in US. Thereafter, he focused on establishing his own start-up companies and software development. The entrepreneur invested and ran various publishing, information technology and telecommunication companies, as well as developing software for phones (which were the predecessors of smartphone apps) in Hong Kong, China, Tokyo, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Brazil and London. In 2005, he was invited to join Tse Sui Luen Jewellry (International) Limited (thereafter known as TSL; HKEx 417) and was appointed as CEO in 2008. Huang is now the Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman. In 2008, he worked with Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and CSL Mobile to develop Personal Emergency Link Service successfully. In 2009, Huang participated in TV reality show “Rich Mate Poor Mate Series” to explore the problem of extreme disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong, which was his first time experiencing the despair of the poverty-stricken communities in real life. In 2011, he founded the social enterprise WebOrganic. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the enterprise. Huang was also the President of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), Chairman of eLearning Consortium and Vice Chairman of SCHSA (safety bell). In 2016, Huang has accepted the invitation from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to be appointed as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management in School of Business, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in School of Engineering, and Senior Advisor of Centre for Education Innovation in Entrepreneurship. Information technology After graduating from university, Huang joined Apple in 1986 responsible for the retail and distribution network in China. He was the first person selling Apple computers to China. At that time, Apple's Macintosh did not provide a Chinese version. Therefore, Huang went back to the headquarters and negotiated for a Chinese version with PageMaker. In 1989, he returned to Hong Kong to start his business. In two months’ time, he introduced the desktop publishing layout software PageMaker (Chinese version) to Hong Kong. By breaking the limits of the traditional publishing industry, as well as assisting the first publication of Next Magazine, Huang had thus successfully earned HK$
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Huang is a fan of the famous Japanese anime “Gundam”. He once said he had thousands of “Zaku” models at home. He occasionally posts his pictures with Gundam and his other toys on Facebook