Alvin Poh- The Comeback Kid

After travelling the world for two years, self-made tech millionaire Alvin Poh is back with a new plan to help foster growth in Singapore’s entrepreneurship scene.

- Karen Tee

When Alvin Poh made his fortune after the $30 million sale of his web hosting business Vodien Internet Solutions in 2017, he seized the opportunity to fulfil a dream high on the bucket lists of many millennials. He sold his possessions, packed the essentials in a backpack and took off on a trip around the world.

After 17 years of hustling for the tech business he co-founded as a polytechnic student, Poh was finally free to jet set. For him, that meant mostly travelling solo and bunking in hostels.

“The solo journey gave me a lot of insight into who I am as a person. I would wake up asking myself what I wanted to do each day and had to figure all that out myself,” says Poh, now 36.

By March last year, after snowboarding in Japan, he flew home to take a break from his life of leisure. “Travelling for two years made me feel like I did not have a purpose. Of course, I appreciated it, but to what end? That was my main question.”