Adam Khoo

Adam Khoo is a Singaporean entrepreneur, author and educator. He is the co-founder and Chief Master Trainer of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. His business interests include financial education, corporate training, learning centers and youth education.

Background and education Khoo was born on 8 April 1974, to Vince Khoo and Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley. He did poorly in his PSLE examinations, and studied at Ping Yi Secondary School before doing his A Levels at Victoria Junior College. Khoo graduated with an honors degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

He also served as a Ground-Based Air Defence officer in 165 Squadron, RSAF.

Motivational training Khoo has coached insurance agents and marketing managers in sales boosting techniques.

In 2002, Khoo and Patrick Cheo founded Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (AKLTG), a training and education center based in Singapore. The training center offers programs in finance, personal transformation, children & youth, corporate and school training conducted in various South East Asian countries.

In 2009, during the US bear market, Khoo co-authored the book Profit from the Panic called the bottom of the stock market crash. The book became a national best-seller in Singapore.

In 2017, Khoo founded the Piranha Profits online school for investors and traders worldwide. Piranha Profits is led by Master Trainer Adam Khoo as founder and is supported by a financial education team including other mentors like Bang Pham Van, Alson Chew and YY. With Piranha Profits, Adam also co-host annual events such as the Black Market 2025.

Controversy In 2019, Khoo became the subject of public criticism following a Facebook post regarding an airport security screening experience. In the post, he described being frisked by a female security officer, whom he referred to as “fortunately attractive”, and suggested that she appeared to be “enjoying herself” during the procedure. He also questioned why male security officers were not permitted to conduct similar searches on female passengers, describing the situation as a “double standard”. The post drew significant backlash online and was later removed from Facebook.

His methods of motivational training were also considered controversial. He would allegedly tell pupils to imagine the death of their parents, using this as a "motivational tool" to study harder. His use of NLP is also famously divisive.

Personal life He is married with two daughters.