Tuesday, 5 September, 2000 - 21:00
Visionary with plenty of go
A BACKGROUND in accountancy and broking combined with a long-held passion for information technology culminated in Steven Goh’s creation of Sanford Limited in 1996.
Steven Goh
Executive Director & CEO / Latin Gold
Steven Goh is the CEO and co-founder of migme (formerly mig33), a social entertainment services company for emerging markets (founded in Australia, built up in Silicon Valley with top tier venture capitalists, then moved to Singapore). He has extensive experience in developing and commercialising internet services for consumers & fundraising. Over a period stretching back to the mid 1990s, Steven founded Sanford Securities (Australia's first online stockbroking company and a leader in its time), established Bell Direct (one of Australia's largest online wealth management companies), advised a number of startups, been involved with a number of incubators, and many other organisations (ranging from stock exchanges, investment banks, to consumer internet businesses) throughout Australia, USA, Europe and Asia. Mr Goh began his career at the age of 7, programming Fortran at UWA’s Maths Department courtesy of his father who lectured there. After finishing University in 1990, he worked in chartered accounting and then stockbroking before founding Sanford Securities in 1996 after graduating from UWA with an MBA. He maintains an avid interest in a range of computing languages and systems architecture. A consequence of his professional experience, he has also been involved in a few hundred capital issues and transactions for several hundred million dollars, including raising over US$50m for companies that he himself has founded and led. Mr Goh was awarded an inaugural WA Business News 40under40 Award in 2002, & he was a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Australia’s Western Region. He has extensive private and public board experience, is a frequent speaker at conferences in Silicon Valley, Europe, Asia, & Australia, and has appeared on CNBC, Financial Times, the Economist, and Bloomberg.
