Chan Boon Yong is a prominent diamond jeweller from Malaysia, and founder of The Carat Club. He was one of the hosts and a judge of the corporate reality television series The Firm, where he played himself, acting as a corporate leader and mentor. The show premièred prime time nationwide on ntv7 and Astro's Channel 7 in Malaysia in 2007. As one of the three millionaire judges on The Firm, the other two being Peter Pek and Tengku Zafrul Aziz, he is considered one of Malaysia's few corporate celebrities. He currently stars in The Firm (Season 2) with Peter Pek. The second season of the hit show premièred on August 2, 2008.
Upon graduating from the London School of Economics, Chan began his career as an investment analyst. He left to set up his own investment company before starting Capital Diamonds International in Singapore. In 1997, he founded The Carat Club, a diamond retail operation. The company has since expanded into Singapore. In 2008, the company launched The C. Club, a retail and restaurant concept in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Chan was a former president of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, (then known as Young Entrepreneurs Organisation), and was once the youngest member appointed to the Board of the Diamond Exchange Singapore. He was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneurs award in 2002.
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