Jeffrey Tiong

The idea of PatSnap first came to Jeffrey Tiong during a work-cum-study stint at a medical device start-up in the US, where he handled intellectual property due diligence. Two years later, in 2007, he founded PatSnap, which launched the PatSnap Global Patent Analytics Database, an online service that makes patent search and analysis easy to understand and use by those who aren’t intellectual property experts. Today, Jeffrey oversees six offices globally and about 800 staff. In addition, PatSnap announced the launch of a $22m research and development centre in Singapore. Evidently, success for the 34-year‑old isn't in the end result but in "having a growth mindset".