Myo Myint Kyaw

Myo Myint Kyaw
မျိုးမြင့်ကျော်
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Alma materMiddlesex University
OccupationTechnopreneur

Myo Myint Kyaw (Burmese: မျိုးမြင့်ကျော်: born 1985) is a Burmese technopreneur, software engineer, founder and former CEO of Revo Tech, one of Myanmar's largest tech companies.[1][2] He has been one of the pioneers in Myanmar's tech industry.[3][4][5] Myo Myint Kyaw is currently a director of the Earth Group of Companies, a major industrial conglomerate, and the managing director of a subsidiary, Earth Renewable Energy.[6][7]

Career

Myo Myint Kyaw sold crisps and coke in high school; rented out his PlayStation to friends for an hourly rate; and went on to hawk games on eBay when he moved to London where he studied business information systems at Middlesex University, and worked as a part-time barista at Starbucks to help pay his tuition.[8] After nine years in London, he relocated to Singapore, where he worked as a software engineer at ExxonMobil for three years. He returned to Myanmar in 2012 and established Revo Tech, a software and web design company. He began to receive calls from large corporations, followed by Anthem Asia. Two years after starting Revo Tech, Myo Myint Kyaw transformed it into one of Myanmar's largest digital firms.[9][10] He represents an emerging community of young tech enthusiasts in Myanmar, and his narrative serves as a reflection of the obstacles encountered by startups in the country, several of which are specific to the country.[11]

In 2016, he founded the Akhayar Media, a local digital media outlet. He sold all of his Revo Tech and Akhayar Media shares at the end of 2018, and Earth Group Companies offered him a director post in 2019.[12]

References

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  5. ^ "Myanmar's Internet innovators emerge amid connectivity boom". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  6. ^ "မတူညီတဲ့အရွေ့တွေထဲက Myo Myint Kyaw". Lotaya (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ^ "BABY SILICON VALLEY". Bangkok Post. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ^ "RevoTech looks to expand". The Myanmar Times. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Myanmar start-up wins investment". Nation Thailand. 2016-01-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  10. ^ Shu, Catherine (2014-11-05). "Revo Tech Wants To Be A Leader In Myanmar's Growing Startup Ecosystem". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  11. ^ Kean, Thomas (2016-08-14). "စွန့်ဦးလမ်းထွင် အရှိန်မြှင့် အစီအစဉ်". Frontier Myanmar (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  12. ^ "မတူညီတဲ့ အရွေ့တွေထဲက MYO MYINT KYAW". Moda Magazine (in Burmese). August 10, 2019. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.