AngkorOne, LLC is hosting a public launch event of AngkorOne.com on Saturday, June 27, 2009, from 8:30 – 11:00 AM at Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh. An expected audience of nearly 1,000 will see how AngkorOne.com can play a major role in the transformation of Cambodia’s Internet landscape and social development. A spectrum of groups are expected in the audience, including youth groups, students, celebrities, Internet café owners, tour guides, investors and journalists.
“With the launch of AngkorOne.com, Cambodia’s Internet landscape will be forever changed, “says Steven Path, founder and CEO of Angkor One. “Built by an all Khmer staff, we aspire to become the #1 Khmer Web Portal and Cambodia Tourism Website in the world. As a social entrepreneur we are enthusiastically committed to donating a significant portion of our profits to social development and to encourage our community to join the cause. ”
Providing users with powerful social networking tools and instant access to Cambodia-related jobs, academics, special events, news and tourism, AngkorOne.com seeks to create a true online community of more than one million Khmers from all over the world. Khmers living in Cambodia and abroad will be able to interact by sharing information, photos and videos. Expatriates stay current on Cambodia news. Khmers can register to an event or apply for a job online. The top celebrities in Cambodia can attract and interact with fans worldwide. With the initial support of more than 250 tour guides in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, the tourism section AngkorOneTours.com is also expected to revolutionize the entire Cambodia tour guide industry – significantly benefiting tour guides and tourists.
The company is passionately committed to social outreach, and considers AngkorOne.com to be a powerful vehicle for improving the lives of those most in need. Members around the world are offered the opportunity to join the cause. For Khmers who have money, they can donate online to one of their favorite programs in the areas of Education, Health, Safety and Orphans. For Khmers who have time, they can register to an AngkorOne-sponsored social outreach event and receive AngkorOne Credits, which can be redeemed online to attend a free training or dinner with their favorite celebrity.
“After actively involved in social development works for more than 12 years with various international organizations including the World Bank, I have decided to leave my reputable career to join Angkor One in helping to create a new way by which all Khmers from around the world can participate in order to make our country stronger and more prosperous.” Says Preap Kol, Angkor One’s Cambodia Operations Director.
Angkor One, LLC is a US-based firm focused on building innovative world-class products for Khmers worldwide and Cambodian tourists, and is socially committed to donating a significant portion of profits to company’s four social outreach programs: Education, Health, Safety and Orphans. The company has three international offices located in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the US. More than 90% of the 14 employees have ownership in the company.
Steven Path (41) lives in the United States and is the founder and CEO of Angkor One. Steven left Cambodia in 1975 at the age of seven as a refugee to settle in the US. Steven is a natural entrepreneur who started his first internationally-acclaimed software company at the tender age of 14 – just seven years after regaining his freedom. Drawing on 26 years of technology innovations and entrepreneurial experience in the US, Steven has returned to his homeland as one of the first Social Entrepreneurs -- building a leading international website company and enabling it to fund and promote social outreach programs in Cambodia. Steven was hand-picked to join the initial senior management staff of a technology startup. During the first US Internet boom led by Yahoo and Amazon.com, he reaped big rewards when the firm went public with a market valuation of $1 billion on its first day of trading. Steven has started other technology firms and provided IT leadership to Fortune 100 companies, including UnitedHealth Group and Wells Fargo.
If you would like more details or to set up an interview with Angkor One’s CEO Steven Path, please contact Preap Kol at 012 877 833 or kpreap@AngkorOne.com.
