Aw Tai Hao

Co-Founder at Pott Glasses

Tai Hao is the CEO and co-founder of Pott Glasses, a direct-to-consumer eyewear brand known for its bold, design-led approach to optical retail. Under his leadership, Pott Glasses has built a distinct identity within the eyewear market, offering customisable frames and a vibrant retail experience that challenges the conventions of traditional optical stores. With a background in entrepreneurship and brand-building, Tai Hao has scaled Pott Glasses from a niche concept into a recognised lifestyle brand, navigating both online and offline retail with a clear focus on customer experience. His approach combines product innovation with strong visual identity, positioning the brand at the intersection of fashion, function, and accessibility in a competitive consumer landscape.

In Their Words

“Everything is just patterns and logic, you just need to find the variables.”

“We went from a growing retail brand… to zero business activity overnight.”

“People don’t just buy products, they buy a reason they can’t explain.”

“Not everything needs to scale fast, some things need to be built right.”

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How Bootstrapped Pott Glasses Built an 8-Figure Retail Biz

BFM 89.9 • 24 Mar 2025

Founded in 2015, Pott Glasses has grown from bazaars to 8 retail outlets, all without external funding. The company broke past 8-figures in revenue 2-3 years back, and is now eyeing RM100 million as its next major target in the next few years.

Pott Glasses Marks 10 Years as Malaysia’s Eyewear Leader, Eyes Growth in Age-Related Vision Market

Malaysia SME+

From humble pop-ups to nine nationwide outlets, Pott Glasses celebrates a decade of innovation with its “Take A Leap of Frame” anniversary event, new Collection ‘X’, and expansion into presbyopia solutions.

Leap of Frame: Pott Glasses Turns 10 with Pop-up, Charms and a Clinical Eye for Fit

Media Mice • 11 Jan 2026

Pott Glasses celebrates 10 years in Malaysia with a pop-up and new eyewear line, blending Asian fit design, clinical styling and presbyopia focus. Pott Glasses is marking a decade in Malaysia’s eyewear scene with a playful pop-up and a new sunglasses line that leans into personalization. The release calls it a celebration. For readers in optometry, it also reads as a case study in how styling, fit and retail theater can pull from clinical thinking without pretending to be clinical care