Ganesh Kumar Bangah

Early life and education

Ganesh was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the youngest son of Om Prakash Bangah, a pharmacist at a government hospital, and Leela Wanti, a housewife. Ganesh had an interest in technology since he was a young child. In 1992, when he was 12 years old, his father bought him his first computer which cost RM 6,000 (approximately US$1,400). He quickly developed an interest in business and technology. He used to run a side-gig buying computer parts in Singapore to resell them in Johor Bahru at higher prices. A turning point came for Ganesh when Bill Gates visited Singapore and Ganesh was able to watch him on TV.Ganesh was quoted as saying, “I told my boss at the time, who later became my partner, that I would be the Bill Gates of Malaysia. Ganesh continued his tertiary education in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to study Telecommunication Engineering. In his 3rd year of university, he took a 6-month break from university to pursue a business opportunity, intending to return after. He never returned as his business, MOL, started growing rapidly and required his full attention.