Zion Ong is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of digital marketing agency ALYKA. His passion for business began early in life when he started trading basketball cards at age nine. As an avid basketball fan, he took card trading very seriously and set up his first business - a card trading store in his parent’s garage.
In 2006, Zion started his second business; ALYKA. ALYKA is a full service data driven marketing agency, helping impact-driven organisations to connect with their audience online.
Through Zion’s sheer determination, the business grew at a rapid pace, doubling every year in revenue and profit. ALYKA was recognised for this growth as a 3 time AFR Fast 100 Starter acknowledging the 854% growth over a 5-year period. ALYKA is a Business News Rising Star Award Winner, Telstra Business Award Finalist and Zion himself is a 40under40 WA Business News Award winner.
Zion’s vision is to be the digital partner of choice for local government and impact-driven organisations.
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(Co-written with Dan Virgo)
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