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SilkRoute Ventures is spinning a Web of online services. The company's primary business is its 38% stake in ECnet, an Internet-based provider of supply chain management services for high-tech manufacturers such as Matsushita, Seagate, and Siemens. It also provides Web site design and consulting through its Latitude Web subsidiary. Singapore's first Internet firm, SilkRoute also acts as an incubator and provides venture capital for Web start-ups throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Co-chairman Wong Toon King founded the company in 1994 with about $75,000 of his savings. Wong owns about 50% of SilkRoute; venture capitalist Richard Li, about 25%.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 6.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 20.0%
Employees: 200
Revenue per employee: $30,000.00
KEY PEOPLE |
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Wong Toon King
CEO
Mak Chee Wah
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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11 Pahang St.
198611, Singapore
Phone: 65-392-3116
Fax: 65-297-3185
Online: Web Site
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