Author: Sany Low Yet Siam
Company: TREND GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
Industry: Health & Wellness
Position: Founder
I was born and raised in a small town where even basic transportation was limited. Like many fresh graduates, I once believed that a stable monthly income of RM3,000 would be sufficient to build a secure future. However, reality soon taught me that when income is capped, opportunities in life often become limited as well. During those early years, I carefully managed my daily expenses within RM15 and could save no more than RM300 each month. It was through this phase that I realized meaningful change does not come merely from saving more, but from expanding one’s ability to create value and generate opportunities.
To improve my circumstances, I took on multiple part-time roles, from tutoring students to promotional work in shopping malls. While these experiences were modest, they cultivated resilience, adaptability, and most importantly, the mindset of continuous growth. They taught me that every experience, no matter how small, can become a building block for future capability.
My career later led me into the health and wellness industry, where I began with the fundamentals of product sales. Through years of working closely with doctors, healthcare practitioners, and industry professionals, I was exposed to the deeper mechanics behind health solutions, product positioning, certification systems, and consumer behavior. This journey reshaped my perspective entirely. I came to understand that the future of the health industry cannot rely solely on product transactions; it must be driven by education, systems, and sustainable transformation. Health is not simply about products — it is about empowering individuals with knowledge, habits, and long-term solutions that can be replicated and shared.
Guided by this vision, together with two partners, I founded Trend Global International Sdn Bhd in 2023. Our mission was to build more than a conventional health company. We developed an integrated ecosystem combining health products, education, and community-driven systems into a scalable business model. The company focuses on natural formulations and holistic wellness solutions, particularly in liver and gut health management, supported by professional nutritional guidance and personalized consultation services. Beyond providing products, we are committed to helping individuals achieve genuine and sustainable health improvements.
At the same time, we established a digital entrepreneurship and marketing framework that enables individuals to build careers and businesses within a structured and scalable ecosystem. Building upon this foundation, we expanded into TRENDWellness and TREND Academy, creating a platform that integrates “Health × Education × Digital Entrepreneurship” into a unified growth model.
Today, our ecosystem has served more than 20,000 customers and has been recognized with the SME100 Awards 2024 under the “Fast Moving Company” category. I was also honored as one of the SME100 Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs. To me, these recognitions are not personal milestones alone; they represent the collective achievement of a team that believes in long-term value creation, systemization, and purposeful growth.
However, the journey behind these achievements has not been without challenges. I have experienced differences in shareholder philosophies, periods of personal hardship, and significant life restructuring. Yet I have always believed that adversity is not the end of growth, but the beginning of transformation. Rather than allowing circumstances to define me, I chose discipline, consistency, and self-development as the foundation for moving forward.
I maintain a strong commitment to personal growth through continuous learning and physical endurance. Over the years, I have consistently trained in long-distance running, completing more than 500 kilometers annually and participating in half marathons each year. These experiences continually remind me that execution, discipline, and mental resilience are essential qualities of sustainable leadership.
The deepest source of my strength, however, comes from family. Twelve years ago, after the passing of my brother, my family went through a profound emotional crisis while I was pregnant at the time. I found myself carrying the responsibility of supporting both emotionally and mentally those around me. That experience fundamentally shaped my understanding of leadership and resilience. True strength is not the absence of pain, but the ability to continue moving forward with responsibility, composure, and purpose despite adversity. I learned that when one person remains stable, an entire family can begin to heal and rebuild.
Today, I firmly believe that the purpose of an enterprise extends far beyond profitability. A meaningful business creates systems that empower people with opportunities, choices, and sustainable growth. Likewise, the true value of leadership is not measured solely by personal success, but by the ability to transform individual experience into collective platforms and opportunities for others.
In an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, leaders must possess more than ambition. They must have emotional stability, strategic clarity, and the ability to remain composed under pressure. The ability to stay positive without becoming impulsive, to remain steady amid uncertainty, and to make sound decisions during critical moments is what ultimately determines long-term impact and sustainability.
I am Sany Low.
What I am building is not merely a business in the health industry, but a long-term ecosystem centered on education, systems, and transformational growth for the next generation.