Willy Tan
Founder, Habibi International
Willy Tan
Founder, Habibi International
About Me
Willy is the Founder/CEO of Habibi International, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to serving the refugees and internally displaced in the Middle East. He was born in Singapore and grew up attending a local Presbyterian church with his family. In 1986, after completing his mandatory military service in Singapore, he went to the United States for college. He graduated from Biola University in 1990 and Fuller Seminary in 1993. Currently, he is completing his doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Prior to humanitarian work, Willy was a portfolio manager in the wealth management industry in Southern California, during which he also studied at the Drucker School of Management. He was also an active member of the First Evangelical Church of Cerritos in Los Angeles for almost three decades. Presently, while traveling extensively in the Middle East and beyond, Willy is based in Zakho, a town bordering Syria and Turkey, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Willy is passionate about traveling, history, and archaeology.
Willy Tan
Founder, Habibi International
Willy is the Founder/CEO of Habibi International, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to serving the refugees and internally displaced in the Middle East. He was born in Singapore and grew up attending a local Presbyterian church with his family. In 1986, after completing his mandatory military service in Singapore, he went to the United States for college. He graduated from Biola University in 1990 and Fuller Seminary in 1993. Currently, he is completing his doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Prior to humanitarian work, Willy was a portfolio manager in the wealth management industry in Southern California, during which he also studied at the Drucker School of Management. He was also an active member of the First Evangelical Church of Cerritos in Los Angeles for almost three decades. Presently, while traveling extensively in the Middle East and beyond, Willy is based in Zakho, a town bordering Syria and Turkey, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Willy is passionate about traveling, history, and archaeology.
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