A Gift From A Friend by : Merry Riana

Merry Riana is a young millionaire, successful entrepreneur, best-selling author, dynamic trainer, and popular media personality. At her current age of 26, Merry has achieved many successes that a lot of people twice her age have never even attempted to do. She has won many awards and broke industry record time and time again. In just a short period of around 4 years after her graduation, Merry has earned more than S$ 1, 000, 000 through her business. Within the last 2 years, Merry has grown her Organization, Merry Riana Organization, to a size of more than 40 people. All its members are outstanding young individuals who believed in her vision and have been working together with her to achieve their dreams together ever since. In July 2006, Merry successfully published her first book “ A Gift From A Friend” which subsequently made its way into the Best-Seller list in the major bookstores in Singapore. Currently, “ A Gift From A Friend” is being translated into its Mandarin and Malay version to reach out to the regional market, such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Merry is also well-known as one of the most powerful and dynamic trainers in Singapore. Over the last 4 years, she has motivated and trained thousands of professionals, managers, executives, business owners, salespeople, and students in areas like Entrepreneurship, Strategic Marketing and Sales, Motivation, Presentation and Communication Skills, among other areas. Merry has been featured regularly in many media like the newspaper such as The Straits Times, Today, and The Sunday Times, and magazines such as Your Choice, Career Central, Cleo, Simply Her, Human Capital, and Female. She has also been interviewed on-air by WARNA 94.2FM and Radio Singapore International about her successes and achievements which she has reached in such a short period of time, around 4 years after her graduation from Nanyang Technological University. In December 2006, Merry was conferred the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award by the President, NTU ( Nanyang Technological University) , Dr Su Guaning. This award was presented to her as NTU young alumna, who has gained national standing due to the significant contributions made in her profession, bringing honor and distinction to the University. She received the award from Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister of State for Education and Manpower.