Klook co-founder Eric Gnock Fah has more than 2,000 employees in 29 offices around the world. Tatler caught up with the travel tech entrepreneur at his Hong Kong HQ last month
The new Klook offices, set high above Hollywood Road, are bathed in soft muted mid-century pastels and feature rounded edges and airport-inspired design details—think: ‘departures’ and ‘arrivals’ screens that display conference room assignments instead of gate changes. When Tatler visited co-founder Eric Gnock Fah there one sunny afternoon in January, it was buzzing with activity and excitement—just another typical day at one of the most successful unicorn tech startups in Hong Kong.
While Bali-based photographer Callaghan Walsh scouted locations and set up lights, and stylists Rosana Lai and Mira Uttamchandani selected sweaters and jackets in the ‘HKG’ conference room, Eric and I retreated to his corner office for a rapid-fire Q&A.
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Carving time out of a busy entrepreneur’s schedule for a photoshoot isn’t an easy feat. “I probably spend 98 per cent of the day thinking about work,” said Eric. With more than two dozen offices scattered around the globe, and more than 2,000 employees on the ground, Eric is so in the trenches he’s even found a way to avoid taking time out for the gym—by bringing wellness into the workplace, instead. “Downstairs, we have a floor where we have people come and teach HIIT [high impact interval training] classes.”
In his scant spare time, or when he really wants to unwind, Eric hits the slopes for a good old-fashioned adrenaline rush—no stereotypical Silicon Valley founder morning meditation routines here.