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Singaporean billionaire and businessman

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kwek.

Kwek Leng Beng (Chinese: 郭令明; pinyin: Guō Lìngmíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Lēng-bêng; born 1941)^[1] is a Singaporean billionaire businessman.

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He is the executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore. In September 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$3.4 billion.^[1]

Early life

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.

Career

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 (CDL), an internati