Sim Wong Hoo | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
沈望傅 | |||||||||||||||
 Sim in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 January 2023 (aged 67–68) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Ngee Ann Technical College | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Founder and CEO of Creative Technology | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 沈望傅 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Sim Wong Hoo (Chinese: 沈望傅; 1955 – 4 January 2023)[1][2][3] was a Singaporean inventor and billionaire entrepreneur known for founding Creative Technology, a designer and manufacturer of products for personal computers and personal digital entertainment devices. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Creative Technology from 1981 until his death in 2023. Creative Technology is notable for its products such as the Sound Blaster audio card and the Creative ZEN range of audio and media products.
- ^ "Demise of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer". 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Ang, Prisca (5 January 2023). "Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo dies aged 67". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Tan, Felicia (5 January 2023). "Creative Technology's Sim Wong Hoo dies". Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.