Sim Wong Hoo

Sim, who was born in 1955, founded the company in 1981. He was its chairman and CEO since its inception.

SINGAPORE — Local technology pioneer Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and chief executive officer of Creative Technology, died on Wednesday (Jan 4), the firm said.

“Still remember the evening he presented me and President Ong Teng Cheong with a Nomad MP3 player storing 12 songs. "During those discussions, Mr Sim was full of fresh vision. Advertisement

Creative Technology's founder Sim Wong Hoo has died on Jan. 4, 2023. He was 67. Sim founded the company in 1981 and was the Chairman and the Chief Executive ...

Song shared that Sim had a long discussion with the Engineering team and had scheduled a meeting with the Online Sales team the next day. Sim founded the company in 1981 and was the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the company. [said](https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/Announcement5Jan23.ashx?App=Announcement&FileID=743361) in a bourse filing that under Sim's leadership, the company became "famous for the Sound Blaster sound cards and is a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products".

SINGAPORE — Founder of Creative Technology Ltd and the creator of the Sound Blaster computer sound cards, Mr Sim Wong Hoo, passed away peacefully at the age ...

The best thing to do now is to ensure the continued smooth running of the Company, and also to execute and realise the vision and strategy that Mr Sim had for the Company,” said interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. The Board also expresses its heartfelt gratitude for the immense contributions to the Company by Mr Sim during his tenure as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.” This is a sad and sudden development and we feel a great loss especially since Mr Sim and I recently had extensive discussions on the future direction of the Company.

Sim Wong Hoo, the founder of Creative Technology, has passed away peacefully aged 67, according to a company announcement seen by MS News.

“During those discussions, Mr Sim was full of fresh vision. “The best thing to do now is to ensure the continued smooth running of the company, and also to execute and realise the vision and strategy that Mr Sim had for the company,” Mr Song said in the announcement. “On behalf of all staff of the company, the board expresses its deepest sorrow over the death of Mr Sim and conveys its condolences to his family,” Creative said. Even on the night before, he had a long discussion with the engineering team and was scheduled to meet with the online sales team the next day.” “We feel a great loss especially since Mr Sim and I recently had extensive discussions on the future direction of the company,” Mr Song said. Sim Wong Hoo, the founder of Creative Technology, has passed away peacefully aged 67, according to a company announcement seen by MS News.

Sim Wong Hoo, who founded Creative Technology Ltd. in Singapore before sparring with Apple Inc., has died. He was 67.

[filing](/news/terminal/RNZKIRTP3SHT) Thursday. “This is a sad and sudden development,” interim CEO [Song Siow Hui](https://www.linkedin.com/in/siow-hui-song-58a275146/?originalSubdomain=sg) said in the statement. [Creative Technology Ltd.](/quote/CREAF:SP) in Singapore before sparring with [Apple Inc.](/quote/AAPL:US), has died.

In a statement, the company announced that Sim, arguably Singapore's most famous tech entrepreneur, "passed away peacefully". No further details were given. "On ...

By 2000, he became Singapore's youngest billionaire at the age of 45.

"You need to face the consequences of your mistakes and learn from your mistakes. He saw the future of Apple there," Sim said, while sharing about his encounter with the late founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. "Once you have family and commitment, you cannot afford to take risks. "Our people went to look for some collaboration... I can take risks because I have no family. Sim was asked if there was anything he could learn from Apple, and he replied that it was to "learn from this event". When clarifying how Jobs saw the future of Apple, Sim said Jobs asked people from Creative to go to the Apple headquarters to present to him. "It was something we had to do because Apple did not just... [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/10/cnbc-transcript-sim-wong-hoo-chairman-and-ceo-creative-technology.html), Sim spoke about the lessons he learned from the experience and the process behind the legal battle. In July 1981, Sim founded Creative with a former schoolmate in the form of a computer repair shop in Chinatown. Perhaps one of his most significant achievements was coining and popularising the term "No U-Turn Syndrome" (NUTS) in his From humble beginnings in a kampung, to starting Creative as a computer repair shop, to winning a legal lawsuit against Apple, Sim took Singapore-made technology and innovation to the global stage and carved out a place for it in the spotlight.

The stock closed 24.82% higher at a three-month high of $1.76. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Creative had launched its Nomad MP3 player in 1999, two years before Apple unveiled the iPod. It became the first Singaporean company to list shares on the Nasdaq in 1992. Under his leadership, Creative became famous for its Sound Blaster sound cards and digital entertainment products. The company said it will give more details about Mr Sim’s cessation as its chairman and chief executive in a separate announcement. It closed 24.82 per cent higher at a three-month high of $1.76 as investors took their profits. Mr Seet told The Straits Times: “The market may see Mr Sim’s passing as a means of lifting of restrictions for Creative to venture into other fields or products, or seek a new direction.”

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Ms Lim Sau Hoong, a stalwart of the advertising industry, said that Mr Sim loved music and had taught himself how to play the piano. He also shared that Mr Sim would pass around a bag filled with generous red packets during Chinese New Year and let the staff “pick their own ang pao”. The close friends still met up at past Chinese New Years, they said. The company designs, manufactures and distributes digital entertainment products worldwide. Mr Sim died on Wednesday at the age of 67. Advertisement

SIM Wong Hoo, the founding chairman and chief executive of home-grown electronics company Creative Technology, died on Wednesday (Jan 4).

SINGAPORE — The share price of Creative Technology rose by nearly 25 per cent after news that founder and chief executive officer Sim Wong Hoo had died, ...

At its peak in 2000, the share traded at more than S$60 on SGX. Advertisement