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Jun 1, 2023 · The top 10 richest in Malaysia are: Robert Kuok; US$11.8 billion; Quek Leng Chan; $10.2 billion; Koon Poh Keong & siblings; $5.8 billion; Ananda Krishnan; $5.4 billion; Teh siblings; $5.2...
Mar 13, 2024 · According to Forbes’ 2023 Malaysia’s 50 Richest list, Robert Kuok holds the position of the richest man in Malaysia. With a net worth of $11.8 billion USD (approx. RM55.1 billion), Kuok has consistently maintained his top ranking for over 25 years.
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- Robert Kuok
- Quek Leng Chan
- Koon Poh Keong & Siblings
- Ananda Krishnan
- Lee Yeow Chor & Yeow Seng
- Dr. Chen Lip Keong
- Lim Kok Thay
- Tan Yu Yeh and Yu Wei
- Lau Cho Kun
- Kuan Kam Hon & Family
Company:Kuok Group Net worth:USD 12.2 billion Robert Kuok (pictured, centre) is 99 years old and has been the richest Malaysian businessman for a long time. He studied at Raffles College (now the National University of Singapore) in Singapore before World War II, where he became friends with Lee Kuan Yew, the future Prime Minister of Singapore. Fol...
Company:Hong Leong Company Net worth:6.6 billion Quek Leng Chan co-founded the Hong Leong Company in Malaysia in 1963 as a building materials trading company. He was the second-richest man on Forbes’ list of Malaysian billionaires in 2022, with an estimated wealth of USD 10.1 billion. The privately held company, which he leads as executive chairman...
Company:Press Metal Net worth:USD 6.2 billion (in 2022) Koon Poh Keong founded Press Metal as a local aluminium extrusion company in 1986 with his four brothers. They began their enterprise with a rented factory in Puchong in Malaysia’s Selangor state. By 1999, it had established operations in Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and is today ...
Company:Usaha Tegas Net worth:USD 5.2 billion Ananda Krishnan is a Malaysian Tamil businessman and a prominent Asian billionaire who ranked #4 on the list of Forbes’ richest people in the country in 2022. At the time, his estimated net worth was USD 5 billion. Krishnan graduated with an honours degree in political science, and he later earned a Mas...
Company:IOI Group Net worth:USD 4.4 billion The two brothers are at the helm of affairs at the palm oil and property conglomerate IOI Group, which was founded by their father, Lee Shin Cheng. The brothers inherited the empire following Lee’s death in 2019. Lee Yeow Chor, the older of the two brothers, is the group managing director and CEO of the b...
Company:NagaCorp and Karambunai Net worth:USD 2.8 billion Dr. Chen (pictured, centre) is unlike other billionaire businessmen in Malaysia. He is a qualified medical doctor. He completed his MBBS from Universiti Malaya and subsequently worked as a practitioner at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital before entering the world of business. His company tr...
Company:Genting Group Net worth:USD 2.4 billion Lim Kok Thay is the chairman and CEO of Genting, a Malaysian company renowned for its businesses and luxury brands in the leisure and hospitality sector. He was also the chairman and CEO of Genting Hong Kong, Asia’s largest cruise operator, until his resignation in January 2022, after the company file...
Company:Mr D.I.Y. Group Net worth:USD 2.4 billion (in 2022) Tan Yu Yeh and Yu Wei are brothers. They founded the retail chain Mr D.I.Y. Group in 2005. When Mr D.I.Y. Group was listed on the Malaysian stock exchange in October 2020, both brothers became billionaires. Today, Mr D.I.Y. has a presence in Malaysia and Brunei with 900 stores. Its stores ...
Company:Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad (HSCB) Net worth:USD 1.7 billion Lau is the largest shareholder in HSCB, which has diversified interests in six core businesses — automotive, building materials, credit financing, trading, plantation, and property investment and development. Lau was worth USD 2 billion in 2022 when he was placed on Forbes’ list ...
Company:Hartalega Holdings Net worth:USD 1.9 billion (in 2022) Widely respected as one of the biggest self-made Malaysian billionaires, Kuan Kam Hon is a high school dropout who took his first steps in the world of business with his father’s real estate company in 1969. In 1978, Kuan started his own company, Timol Weaving, which made woven labels a...
- Robert Kuok – US$11.8 Billion, Real Estate And Hospitality Industry. Source. Robert Kuok. Robert Kuok has once again defended his title of being the richest billionaire in Malaysia.
- Quek Leng Chan – US$10.2 Billion, Banking Industry. Quek Leng Chan. Quek Leng Chan is the only other person on the list that has a double-digit wealth totalling US$10.2billion in Malaysia.
- Koon Poh Keong And Siblings – US$5.8 Billion, Heavy Industry. Koon Poh Keong. Koon Poh Keong is the Chairman of the Press Metal Group, a company that specialises in aluminium smelting.
- Ananda Krishnan – US$5.4 Billion, Telco And Media Industry. Ananda Krishnan. Ananda Krishnan is the person that brought television subscription service provider Astro to Malaysian households.
- Robert Kuok, 99. US$11.8 billion (No. 146) Source of wealth: Palm oil, shipping, property. Tan Sri Robert Kuok has established himself as Malaysia’s richest man for the past couple of decades, amassing his wealth from the Kuok Group, which he founded and owns.
- Quek Leng Chan, 81. US$10.1 billion (No. 179) Source of wealth: Banking, property. Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan is the executive chairman of the privately held Hong Leong Group, which has interests in finance, food and property.
- Ananda Krishnan, 85. US$5.2 billion (No. 511) Source of wealth: Telecommunication, media, oil services. In third place is Ananda Krishnan, a self-made business tycoon, Harvard Business School graduate and former oil trader.
- Koon Poh Keong, 61. US$4 billion (No. 699) Source of wealth: Aluminium. Together with his four brothers, Tan Sri Dato’ Koon Poh Keong started Press Metal Aluminium Holdings in 1986.
Jun 3, 2021 · The top 10 richest in Malaysia are: Robert Kuok; US$12.2 billion; Quek Leng Chan; $9.6 billion; Koon Poh Keong & siblings; $6.4 billion; Ananda Krishnan; $5.8 billion; Teh Hong Piow; $5.5...
Dec 31, 2014 · 1. Robert Kuok. The richest Malaysian today is none other than Mr Robert Kuok who despite having a small dip in his fortune in 2016 is still at the peak with wealth amounting to $12.1 billion. He is most fondly remembered as the ‘Sugar King’ having made and started his empire in the sugar cane and sugar industries.
