Name
Robert Kuok
Robert Kuok
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Raffles College
Malaysia
palm oil, shipping, property, Self Made
$12,900,000,000
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#1 Malaysia's 50 Richest 2019
#104 Billionaires 2019
Robert Kuok is the richest man in Malaysia. He owns Kuok Group, which has interest in hotels, real estate and commodities.He founded internationally renowned Shangri-la Hotels in Singapore in 1971.His nephew Kuok Khoon Hong runs Wilmar International, which comprises the majority of his fortune.
Kuok started his career in business trading rice, sugar, and wheat flour in 1949
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