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Lee Kong Chian

Singaporean businessman (1893-1967) · Singapore · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 73

Tan Sri Dato' Lee Kong Chian, also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun, was a prominent Chinese Singaporean businessman and philanthropist based in Malaya and Singapore between the 1930s and the 1960s. He was the founder of the Lee Foundation and one of the richest men in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s.

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He was also a son-in-law of Tan Kah Kee, another well-known Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast Asia. He is affectionately known today as the "founding father" of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.

Country
Singapore
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1967 · aged 73