ANNABELLE KWOK
ith her oversized hoodie, jeans and makeup-free face, she could easily pass off as a college student. Her energy is infectious, at times frenetic.
She speaks animatedly in between giggles, dancing through a carousel of stories – from the music she loves to running a marathon in North Korea, and competing in hackathons. Then there was the time she performed with a circus, spinning plates and juggling (yes, you read that right).
Mention tech, and her face lights up. She dives into the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) with such astute understanding that it leaves one spellbound.
Little wonder that Annabelle Kwok – Her World Young Woman Achiever 2019 – is slaying it on the world stage. She is the fresh-faced 21st-century tech girl who has gone on to the big league on her own, in an industry traditionally reserved for brash, fast-fingered men twice her 26 years.
The whizz-kid even owns the playground: Creating innovative technology, flying the Singapore flag, globetrotting to give talks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, joining the who’s who of the global tech industry.
And she’s just getting started.
The spunky #girlboss aka chief executive of AI firm Neuralbay added another feather to her
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