Merry Riana (born 29 May 1980) is a Chinese-Indonesian motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and writer.

[2] Due to the 1998 riots, she migrated to Singapore and later studied at Nanyang Technological University, taking Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) major, although at first she wanted to continue her higher education at Trisakti University.

This led her to take part-time jobs such as flyer distributor, flower shopkeeper, and banquet waiter at a hotel.

Later, she established a financial services company named Merry Riana Organization and MRO Consultancy.

[2] She published her first book titled "A Gift From A Friend," which told her life experiences while in Singapore in 2006.