David Ho Sue San
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David Ho Sue San (born September 20, 1949) is a Malaysia Chinese entrepreneur and businessman in pharmaceutical industry. He is from Ipoh
, Perak
, Malaysia. The eldest son of the late Dr. Ho Kai Cheong - the founder of Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
.
, New Zealand
. He worked as a research pharmacist at Wyeth
, United Kingdom
before returned to Malaysia in 1980, helping his father Dr. Ho in the herbal tea business.
He has successfully transformed the Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
business into pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Hovid Berhad (as known as Hovid Public Limited or Hovid Inc
), a public listed company on the main board at Bursa Malaysia Hovid Berhad now produces more than 300 products which include generic drugs, dietary supplements and consumer products. The company exports to more than 50 countries world wide and having an eStore for direct end consumer purchase.
David is also the Managing Director of Carotech Berhad, a listed company on ACE Merket of Bursa Malaysia. Carotech involves in the extraction of Vitamin E
and Carotene
from crude palm oil and the company is also producer of Biodiesel
from the crude palm oil.
Ipoh
Ipoh is the capital city of Perak state, Malaysia. It is approximately 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur on the North-South Expressway....
, Perak
Perak
Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...
, Malaysia. The eldest son of the late Dr. Ho Kai Cheong - the founder of Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea founded by Dr. Ho Kai Cheong, the founder of Hovid Berhad, is a Chinese herbal tea recipe that contains of 24 herbs, 12 of them are known either to have antipyretic or have been used to treat fever...
.
Early years
During David's young age, he used to follow his father go around the major cities of Malaysia to promote the herbal tea using the commercial van with loud speaker.Education
David graduate with the Master of Pharmacy from University of OtagoUniversity of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He worked as a research pharmacist at Wyeth
Wyeth
Wyeth, formerly one of the companies owned by American Home Products Corporation , was a pharmaceutical company. The company was based in Madison, New Jersey, USA...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
before returned to Malaysia in 1980, helping his father Dr. Ho in the herbal tea business.
Career
During 1980s, the herbal tea business was still using traditional Chinese methods to sun dry the herbal tea ingredients, which is not hygiene enough. In addition, the herbal tea's tea bags were using manual manpower to do the packing which the productivity is slow. David then introduce modern methods for machine dry of the herbal tea ingredients and also from then on introduce the company where then only based on herbal tea business to the next stage.He has successfully transformed the Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea
Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea founded by Dr. Ho Kai Cheong, the founder of Hovid Berhad, is a Chinese herbal tea recipe that contains of 24 herbs, 12 of them are known either to have antipyretic or have been used to treat fever...
business into pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Hovid Berhad (as known as Hovid Public Limited or Hovid Inc
Hovid Inc
Hovid Berhad , formerly known as Ho Yan Hor Sdn Bhd was founded in early 1940s...
), a public listed company on the main board at Bursa Malaysia Hovid Berhad now produces more than 300 products which include generic drugs, dietary supplements and consumer products. The company exports to more than 50 countries world wide and having an eStore for direct end consumer purchase.
David is also the Managing Director of Carotech Berhad, a listed company on ACE Merket of Bursa Malaysia. Carotech involves in the extraction of Vitamin E
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is used to refer to a group of fat-soluble compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. There are many different forms of vitamin E, of which γ-tocopherol is the most common in the North American diet. γ-Tocopherol can be found in corn oil, soybean oil, margarine and dressings...
and Carotene
Carotene
The term carotene is used for several related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but cannot be made by animals. Carotene is an orange photosynthetic pigment important for photosynthesis. Carotenes are all coloured to the human eye...
from crude palm oil and the company is also producer of Biodiesel
Biodiesel
Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol....
from the crude palm oil.