As the Covid-19 pandemic raged through the country last year, many business owners found themselves facing uncertain futures. But even as physical storefronts closed and shoppers stayed home, more than a few forward-thinking entrepreneurs shifted some or all of their business online. Coming from a salt-of-the-earth upbringing, he is now a successful e-commerce business owner with big ambitions. Ooi, the founder of the very successful Shopee online store that bears his namesake, attributes his success to the incredible efforts of his parents. “My parents’ business was doing really well, but I felt it could be doing better with an online presence.
