He received his tertiary education in Australia, where he earned his Bachelor Degree in Economics majoring in both Economics and Accounting from Monash University.
He started his career as a Senior Credit Executive at a foreign bank after his graduation before he got involved in politics. He was first elected as a Member of Parliament after winning the Kota Melaka Parliamentary seat in 1986 and subsequently was re-elected in 1990 and 1995. He was appointed as the Socialist Youth Chairman of Democratic Action Party (DAP) in 1989 and was elected to that post in 1992. In 1995, he was elected as the DAP Deputy Secretary-General before being elected as the party Secretary-General in 2004, and has held the position since. He was also selected by Asiaweek as one of the key Young Asian Leaders to shape Asias destiny in the new millenium in 1999 Tuan Lim Guan Eng was the Penang State's Fourth Chief Minister.
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