Singapore, 2 August 2011 – Leonard Tan, the Founder and CEO of PurpleClick Media receives the Spirit of Enterprise 2011 nomination, an annual award that recognises the entrepreneurial spirit in Singapore by honouring local self-reliant entrepreneurs operating small and medium businesses.
Young and successful - Mr. Leonard Tan of PurpleClick Media is certainly one of the best role model for all the young, aspiring local entrepreneurs. Despite having a promising career at Yahoo! Inc, Leonard Tan gave it up for a vision and started PurpleClick Media five years ago in January 2006.
He spotted an untapped business opportunity in Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and PurpleClick Media has since launched more than 6,000 online campaigns for clients ranging from small to medium enterprises to multinational corporations both locally and beyond, with over 496,000,000 people worldwide who have seen ads generated by PurpleClick, who supports campaigns in 41 languages including English, Chinese, Bahasa and other languages.
" A highly principled entrepreneur, Leonard knows exactly what he wants and where he is going. He persevered in the darkest times and makes the best out of every situation he is in. The awards and accreditations he has won over the years is testimony of this business model and him as an outstanding entrepreneur." says interviewer for SOE Awards 2011.
About Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2011
The Spirit of Enterprise Award is an annual award that recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit in Singapore by honoring local self-reliant entrepreneurs operating small and medium businesses. This year, there are 118 Nominees from various industries. From 118 nominees, 30 will be selected this year. The 30 selected represent the cream of the crop of entrepreneurs who have shown resilience and tenacity in building up their respective businesses.
