Kwek Leng Beng
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Who is Kwek Leng Beng?
Kwek Leng Beng is a Singapore businessman. He is the Executive Chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore. In 2009 Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$1.2 billion.
Kwek's father, the late Kwek Hong Png left Tongan, Fujian province, China as a penniless teenager for Singapore and subsequently founded the Hong Leong group there. Kwek Leng Beng was trained as lawyer in London, but chose to join the family business in the early 1960s. He became chairman in 1990 and went on to establish an international reputation for his leadership of the Hong Leong Group, which is now a conglomerate with more than 300 companies, including 12 listed ones.
Kwek is the Chairman of City Developments Limited, an international property and hotel conglomerate and the leading real estate developer in Singapore. It operates in 20 countries in Asia, Europe, North America and Australasia. The CDL Group has over 250 subsidiaries and associated companies including 8 companies listed on the stock exchanges of Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, New Zealand and Manila. CDL has a market capitalization of US$5.8 billion and ranks just outside Singapore's top 10 listed companies. It is also the second-biggest property developer in Southeast Asia.
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- Nationality
- Singapore
- Education
- University of London
- Employment
- Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
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on July 23, 2013
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