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Daryll Tan

Entrepreneur | Part-time digital trainer | Founder of PlaySafe

Daryll ventured into establishing his own talent management and video marketing business at the age of 21. Daryll then merged his company and is the Co-Founder of OpenMinds™; together with his partners, growing the company’s valuation to USD5Million in 4.5 years, being featured as one of Malaysia’s best work-place culture and recognized by The Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) as one of the Corporate Development companies under the Malaysia’s Startup Ecosystem Handbook. 

Daryll is also a part-time digital trainer at TAP by IACT, a mentor for FutureLab, Startup Weekend by Techstars, Young Corporate Malaysians and iCUBE UK and an occasional guest writer for The Star – Leaderonomics pullout. Having founded four other businesses, he is actively involved in Entrepreneurship mentoring, Business / Partnership development, Social Media consultation, creative strategizing and talent development. He is also the Founder of PlaySafe, a social crime-fighting initiative that focuses on making safety a right and not a luxury. 

Among his awards are Innovation Leader of The Year 2019 by Des Prix Infinitus Media and Top 10 Visionary Leaders by Beyond Exclamation 2018. Daryll has also been active in sharing his passion on entrepreneurship, leadership and social media to various media, organizations and events such as Microsoft, MaGIC, Maxis Inspire, BFM, Monash University, Astro, Vulcan Post, IGNITE, Groupon, iCUBE, SBIS, Capital TV, IGEM, Human Resources and more.