ABOUT GANESH
Ganesh Kumar Bangah, was the Executive Chairman of the Company who was redesignated as the Non-Executive Chairman effective 1 March 2025. He is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and technology investor. Ganesh was the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Malaysia 2012 and one of Asia’s most influential people according to Society Magazine 2015. He was also recognised as one of South East Asia’s Top 30 Tech Founders by Tech In Asia in 2016 and was recognised as one of the most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs by Top 10 of Malaysia.
Ganesh founded Commerce.Asia, an all-in-one eCommerce Ecosystem in 2017. He grew Commerce. Asia within 7 years to have a database of over 8,400,000 SMEs across 7 countries with over 17,000 active sellers that sold USD2.1 billion worth of products in 2024.
Prior to founding Commerce.Asia, Ganesh was the Founder of MOL Global Inc. ("MOL") where he ser ved as the Chief Executive Officer of MOL for 15 years since its inception. He was certified by the Malaysia Book of Records as being the youngest CEO of a Malaysian public-listed company when he listed MOL on the Malaysian Stock Exchange at the age of 23. Through a series of international acquisitions, Ganesh built MOL into becoming one of South East Asia's leading online payment gateways and in 2014, becoming the first internet company in the region to be listed on NASDAQ.
Ganesh is a currently an Advisor and is a former Chairman of the National Tech Association of Malaysia (“PIKOM”) as well as the Chair of E-Commerce Malaysia, a chapter of PIKOM. Ganesh is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Malaysia’s National Payment Netwok (Paynet) and the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). He is also a member of the Entrepreneurship Council of the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU).
