Hi, I'm Thomas Chua.
I'm the author of The Lunch Break Investor, a #1 Straits Times bestseller. I write about owning great businesses without watching the market all day.
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From odd jobs to financial independence at 31
I grew up poor in Singapore. As a teen, I juggled odd jobs to afford school. The idea of escaping the rat race stuck with me.
I walked into a library and read every investing book I could find. Nobody around me invested, so I taught myself, with real money and real mistakes.
I've been investing since 2008. At 31, I reached financial independence using the exact approach in The Lunch Break Investor. In 2021, I left public service to invest and write full time.
With He Ruiming of The Woke Salaryman at Kinokuniya Takashimaya, Singapore, August 2026
How I invest
Stop renting stocks. Start owning businesses.
Tell durable compounders from value traps using simple, repeatable checks.
Know what a business is worth
The Lunch Break Valuation is my six-step method, built to run in your spare time, not your full day.
Build a focused portfolio
Hold 15 to 25 businesses you understand, not a scattered basket you don't.
#1 Straits Times Bestseller
The Lunch Break Investor
This book is everything I wish I'd known when I started.
“A clear, practical framework for building lasting wealth through patient ownership of quality businesses. Every busy professional investing in the stock market should have this book on their shelf.”
Gautam Baid, Author of The Joys of Compounding
3-Bullet Sunday
Three ideas on the businesses worth owning, in one email.
Work with me
Keynotes, panels, webinars, book talks and live podcast recordings, in person or online.
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My research on individual businesses is in Steady Compounding Insider Stocks, my membership.
Panel at CPF Board’s Ready for Life Festival, Marina Bay Sands, October 2023
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