PETALING JAYA: A total of 18 Malaysians have made it to the Forbes World’s Billionaire List for this year.
Robert Kuok retains his position as the richest man in Malaysia. His US$11.8 billion portfolio puts him at number 146 on the global list. He owns Kuok group which has interests in hotels, real estate and commodities.He is followed by Quek Leng Chan at 179th and Ananda Krishnan at 511th. Quek made his fortune through the Hong Leong Group, which owns a share in Hong Leong Bank, Malaysia’s fourth largest banking group by market capital.Quek’s cousin Kwek Leng Beng is also a billionaire.
Three three daughters’ entry makes them the first Malaysia women to make it to the billionaire list. Others included two billionaires from the gaming industry — Lim Kok Thay, chairman of the Genting Group and Dr Chen Lip Keong of the Naga Group who holds a casino licence in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. Notably Chen, who has a medical degree from Universiti Malaya, had a stint as a general practitioner before beginning his business journey.
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