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Sep 6, 2023 · Lim Hock Chee & family. PROFILE. Lim Hock Chee & family. $1.33B. 2023 Singapore's 50 Richest Net Worth. as of 9/6/23. Photo by Thong Kah Hoong/Singapore Press Holdings. About Lim Hock...
- Background
- Sheng Siong
- Board Appointments
- Awards
- Newsworthy Incidents
Family
Lim Hock Chee was born in 1961 and is the middle of nine siblings.His two brothers, Lim Hock Eng and Lim Hock Leng, are also involved in Sheng Siong as the executive chairman and managing director respectively.
Education
Lim Hock Chee is an alumnus of Chinese High School (now Hwa Chong Institution), where he quit in secondary three due to difficulties in learning English.After quitting his secondary education he did a two-year car mechanics course at Jurong Vocational Institute (now ITE College West) from 1976 to 1978.
Personal life
Lim Hock Chee is married to Lee Moi Hong, with whom he has four children.
As of February 2021, Lim Hock Chee is the chief executive officer (CEO) and director of supermarket company Sheng Siong, which he started with his two brothers in 1985. In 2020, Lim Hock Chee and his brothers were featured on Forbesas one of Singapore’s 50 richest people, being worth an estimated $1.2 billion dollars as of August 2020.
Due to his success as a businessman, Lim Hock Chee has been appointed to several roles in various organisations and companies over the years. The following is a non-exhaustive list of his board appointments.
For his contributions to Singapore’s economy, Lim Hock Chee was conferred the Public Service Medal by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2006.In August 2014, he was conferred the Public Service Star.
In January 2014, Lim Hock Chee’s mother, Madam Ng Lye Poh, was abducted by 44-year-old Lee Sze Yong in a highly publicised kidnapping case.The kidnapping lasted for 12 hours where Lee Sze Yong also forced Lim Hock Chee to pay a ransom for $20 million, which was later renegotiated to $2 million. Lee and his accomplice Heng Chen Boon were caught by the police shortly after the incident and the ransom sum was recovered. In May 2015, Heng Chen Boon was sentenced to three years’ jail.In December 2...
Week-long work at Commonwealth outlet
After four workers at Sheng Siong tested positive for Covid-19, the business faced manpower shortages in their Commonwealth outlet.As finding last-minute replacements was too difficult, Mr Lim decided to volunteer himself and headed to the supermarket’s outlet on the morning of 13 March 2022 to fill in for his unwell staff. Mr Lim helped to arrange the pork produce into a basket, which he then brought to shelves and displayed neatly. His wife also joined him in the process.Both of them follow...
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Mar 7, 2021 · The philosophies of Sheng Siong CEO Lim Hock Chee: Lead from the heart, find the right people & share wealth freely. Lessons on Leadership: The charismatic leader shares his secrets to...
Lim Hock Chee, co-founder, and CEO of Sheng Siong Group has come a long way from his modest beginnings in a pig farming family. Today, he leads one of Singapore’s largest supermarket chains, which has become a household name nationwide. This article delves into Lim’s inspiring journey.
Lim Hock Chee. CEO, Sheng Siong Group. This role-model leader has, with his brothers, have built one of Singapore’s largest supermarket chains. Lim Hock Chee is the CEO of mainboard-listed Sheng Siong Group, which operates more than 60 supermarkets across Singapore, plus a small number in China.
Mar 31, 2022 · Sheng Siong Group chief executive Lim Hock Chee is known for being down to earth and plain-spoken. He is also known to roll up his sleeves and clear litter from the office. ST PHOTO: KEVIN...
Apr 16, 2020 · Updated. Apr 16, 2020, 05:54 PM. SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - Lim Hock Chee and his wife used to sell chilled pork at a rented stall in a grocery store. Now, after more than 35 years, his family...
