Co-founder and CEO of Kairos Group
Ezra Tan is a visionary young entrepreneur with 13 years of experience and unparalleled foresight in social marketing, F&B, and estate development industries.
After gaining farming experience in Sarawak and seeing the potential of Smart Vanilla Farming, he set the grand vision of Kairos. Known for his pioneering spirit, strategic focus, and leadership qualities, Ezra led the company to become a record holder in the Malaysia Book of Records as the ‘First and Largest Smart Vanilla Farm’ in Malaysia.
He received the Malaysian Elite Model Enterprise title awarded by the Malaysian Model Enterprise Awards 2022, as well as the Role Model in Vanilla Farming & Agritech 2022 at the Malaysia Role Model of Enterprise Awards, among others. His personal accolades include being named Innovator of the Year 2022 at the Top in Tech Innovation Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 by the Nehemiah Project, USA, and being named among the most Inspiring Humanitarians 2022 by the committee at World Humanitarian Drive. He was also a Top 10 finalist for the Creative Young Entrepreneur Award hosted by JCI Malaysia in 2022.
Innovator of the Year 2022
Entrepreneur of the Year 2022
Inspiring Humanitarians 2022
Kairos is a social enterprise that has been recognized by the Malaysia Book of Records as the First and Largest Smart Vanilla Farm in Malaysia. Following major order agreements from international companies, Kairos is now in the midst of a nationwide expansion. In 2017, the founding team took over a small-scale vanilla farm in Sarawak and discovered that local vanilla farmers were relying on inefficient and outdated technology, resulting in poor yield and quality. They also uncovered that the world's largest herb suppliers were using child labor.
With a renewed sense of purpose, Kairos is using their technology and Malaysia's favorable location to develop high-yielding, premium vanilla options that are compliant with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards and free of child labor. The completed 6-acre vanilla smart farm is located in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
We have limited seats for Penang Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2023 (PSEF '23) and the demand for tickets have been rising everyday. The tickets are going to go very quickly, so get them till they are available here. Use the promo code of "Kairos" at the check out to get your RM 38 tickets for FREE.
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