This English Teacher Makes 1.5M A Year and drives a 0.5M Lamboghini!

The guy has 50,000 students and all those businesses and all that
press and only makes 1.5 mil a year? Doesn't sound too great to me
if I'm honest. Still good on him though.

Will

This Engligh Teacher Makes 1.5M A Year and drives a 0.5M Lamboghini!

someone needs his class! lol

If you come to Hong Kong, you will see his image plastered all over buses, buildings, and train stations.

The so called "celebrity tutors" have to pay for all the advertisements themselves. It is extremely expensive and not all of them are successful. But essentially, they are now the biggest buyer of advertisments now and it just doesn't make a lot of sense to outsiders.

So the way these schools are run is more or less like lawyer or accountancy firms. Most of the teachers should be considered as partners rather than employees.

NPR radio did a piece several weeks ago about celeb tutors. Dunno about this guy but in general it's a real phenomenon.

No, he is the first person who does this but now there are lots of others.

His surname "Eng" is a bit curious, the real surname should be "Ng" but those who live in N. America quite often add an E in front of their name in order to make it easier to pronounce.

If a native english speaker who can speak cantonese as well, I am sure he could pose a big competition to this and other guys as well.

But essentially, they are using sex to sell. Those adverts almost never mention their actual results.

Question: How can I get 50,000 people to let me tutor them in English?

Obviously good for him. I'm glad he is helping people.

But by the numbers they gave, as others have alluded to, he needs to revamp his business.

50,000 students.
Each paying $130 a month
= $6.5 million per month
= $78 million per year

And he only sees $1.5 million of that?!

Am I missing something? Granted there probably isn't 50,000 paying members EVERY month, but still. Half of that is still $39 million a year.

Hmm... Interesting post. I guess teaching English really is quite a booming business right now.

I know of another English teacher who's been making millions every year for decades from singing.

Admittedly he doesn't teach any any more and he did have his own band at one time - The Police.

You might know him: His name is Gordon Sumner, AKA Sting

I also know of another English and Business teacher who gave up teaching and is now a copywriter.

Now... what's his name?
I know... I think it's... Rezbi

I was wondering if I missed something with them saying "Eng" not Ng. Can't say I've heard of him, but tutoring is the way to go or so it seems

who said teacher were underpaid!

LOL

not a bad job

awesome. cant hate on the guy.

I can't speak a word of Cantonese but can I be an English tutor in HK?

He does not "make money". He "creates value & wealth" and that is why he is driving a sports car!

Proves 1 idea can make a difference.

Bev, I suspect that he purposefully put an "E" in front of "Ng" so as to make us think that he is a Canadian born Chinese and thus a native English speaker which he is clearly not.

Valarie, native english speakers are in great demand here as teachers in kindergartens, primary and high schools. They are also in great demand as private tutors. However, it would be more difficult to work in "celebrity" tutorial school if you do not speak Cantonese.

Sumit, it is best to think in terms of what proportion of your income that you are willing to invest in your child's education. There is no point in comparing with Hong Kong and Singapore whose disposable income is now higher than most Western countries. Personally, I pay $100 a month for English lessons for my 5 year daughter and I also paid $250 for a two week of course on "Skills required for admission interviews at primary schools" This shows how ridiculous things have got over here, the schools she applied to had more than 10 applicants for one available place.

These tutorial schools are really at the bottom end of the scale. Higher up, parents would employ tutors who visit their homes for one to one tuition. Fees are usually between $50 to $100 per hour, or even more if university students are involved. Of course, if you use crammer schools in the UK as Martin said, it will even be more expensive. One of my friends did badly in his A levels and he attended a crammer for a year. The following year, he was accepted into "The London Hospital" Medical School and he is now a well known consultant Anaesthetist in the UK.

Derek