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The Megaspeed mystery: Who’s the Singaporean behind firm at centre of Nvidia chips probe?
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Megaspeed is under a widening probe over possible breaches of export laws involving advanced Nvidia AI chips.
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- Tan Yong Pong is the sole director of Megaspeed, the company under investigation for potential export law breaches involving Nvidia AI chips.
- Megaspeed is owned by Swiftdata, which is owned by Mr Tan, who has a history of starting and dissolving businesses.
- The registered addresses of his two other live companies in Singapore led ST to a co-woking space and his former company secretary's office.
Published Oct 17, 2025, 05:45 PM
Updated Oct 18, 2025, 05:35 AM
SINGAPORE – His corporate trail stretches across Singapore, Malaysia, China and Taiwan, but the current whereabouts of Mr Tan Yong Pong, the Singaporean behind Megaspeed International, remains unclear.
Mr Tan, 54, is listed as the sole director of the company, which is under a widening probe in Singapore and the US
over possible breaches of export laws
involving advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips.
When The Straits Times recently visited his residential address in the east of Singapore, a family member said Mr Tan, who also goes by James, does not live there and is believed to be based in China.
According to Singapore corporate records, Mr Tan started his first two businesses in 1996, followed by several others, although most of them have since been struck off, cancelled or terminated.
He is still linked to three live companies, including Megaspeed, which showed no signs of activity when ST visited its office in Collyer Quay last week.
Megaspeed was previously known as 7Road International, a Chinese gaming company with ties to state-backed investors.
Mr Tan came on board as Megaspeed’s director on Nov 10, 2023, shortly after he incorporated Swiftdata, which now owns Megaspeed.
