Asia's Best Younger Entrepreneur 2009

Rex Ng, Terry Cheng, and Chris Lee
Hong Kong

Ages: 34, 29, and 28, respectively

Company: 6waves

Ex-Yahoo (YHOO) workers Ng, Cheng, and Lee reconnected on Facebook and created 6waves, a startup that since its early 2008 inception has developed social applications and casual games on the Facebook platform. During the last year, 6waves has grown quickly and has already acquired more than 32 million monthly users. That makes 6waves the largest social games distributor on Facebook, say the three founders, who have partnered with top-notch companies and developers to deploy and promote their games. Although they don't have venture funding or a sizable development team, Ng, Cheng, and Lee have been able to compete with such big names in the social gaming industry as Zynga and Playfish.