[2] Goh found a job as a sweeper and general worker on a weekly salary of $15 at a shoe factory in Geylang.
[7] In 2000, Goh founded ITG International, an internet technology company that expanded into property development in 2005.
VGO Corp carried out an acquisition of a mixed property development group of companies in Malaysia in 2017.
[12][14] On 1 June 2017, then-President Tony Tan appointed Goh as Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to Morocco.
[18] He is an advisor to the Puan Noor Aishah Intercultural Institute and served as a board member of the Creative Malay Arts and Culture.
[19] In 2015, Goh and his wife co-founded Border Mission Limited,[20] a charity organisation that supports those in need in Singapore, the Himalayan region and developing countries.
[22][23][24] On 12 June 2023, Goh announced his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election under the private sector deliberative track.