Jack Sim Juek Wah, known as Mr Toilet, is a Singaporean entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the founder of the World Toilet Organization and World Toilet Day initiative.
19 Facts About Jack Sim
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Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore.
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Jack Sim graduated with a Master of Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore in 2011.
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Jack Sim is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the university's business school.
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Jack Sim was born the second of three children in 1957 to a grocery store assistant and a beautician, Tan Siam Kheng.
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Jack Sim's family lived in an impoverished village in Upper Serangoon without a plumbing system.
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Jack Sim studied at Kim Keat Primary School and Whitley Secondary School, doing poorly academically and later failing his O-level secondary school examinations.
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Jack Sim later enrolled in the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, graduating with a certificate in hotel management.
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Jack Sim was thereafter appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor at the NUS Business School and an honorary professor at Shohbit University in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Jack Sim is a fellow of the Singapore University of Social Sciences and the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils.
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Jack Sim was involved in real estate investments, at one point owning 15 properties, and was a developer of the Australian International School Singapore.
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Jack Sim lobbied Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support establishing 19 November as World Toilet Day, which led to Singapore's first-ever tabled resolution at the United Nations in 2012, which succeeded with 120 co-sponsors.
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Jack Sim raises funds for WTO through hosting the World Toilet Summits and philanthropic grants, including from the Lien Foundation and Gates Foundation.
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Jack Sim uses emotional branding, humour, and celebrity endorsements to raise awareness of sanitation issues.
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Jack Sim was appointed co-convenor of India's Swachh Andhra Pradesh Initiative in 2015.
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An eponymous documentary about Jack Sim's activism premiered at North America's largest documentary festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on 27 April 2019.
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Jack Sim founded BOP Hub, a non-profit organisation targeting bottom-of-pyramid individuals at the poorest global income margins in 2011, developing a $10,000,000 building in Ubi.
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Jack Sim was involved in bringing Dialogue in the Dark, a global disability social business, to Singapore.
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Jack Sim re-married in 1990 and has two sons and two daughters with his current wife.