Don’t view your first property as a dream home, get a foothold in the market instead: PropNex’s Ismail Gafoor

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The co-founder of PropNex, Singapore’s largest property agency, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an autobiography titled I Am Not Good Enough. He tells Sumiko Tan why he chose that title.

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Mr Ismail Gafoor, 61, is the co-founder, executive chairman and CEO of real estate firm PropNex.

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Published Jul 06, 2025, 05:00 AM

Updated Jul 06, 2025, 05:00 AM

Mr Ismail Gafoor found out what it means to fail when he was a young student.

He was born in 1963, and by the time he was finishing secondary school, his cohort had been hit by a policy change: They had to pass the second-language O-level exams to qualify for junior college and pre-university. 

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