# Kwek Leng Beng

> Kwek Leng Beng is a Singaporean businessman. He is the executive chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL) and Hong Leong Group Singapore, the latter being a diversified conglomerate founded by his father in 1941. Under his leadership, CDL expanded globally through major hotel acquisitions, including The Gloucester and New York's Millennium Hotel, and held an 80% stake in the Plaza Hotel with Saudi investor Al Waleed bin Talal in 1995. He merged CDL's hotel chains into Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, which became the first Singapore-based company with primary listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1996.

*Singaporean businessman*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Born:** 1942
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Kwek Leng Beng](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwek_Leng_Beng)
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- [Kwek Leng Beng](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwek_Leng_Beng)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8963128)

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