A bust of Khoo in the lobby of Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore
Born
(1917-01-13)13 January 1917
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died
21 February 2004(2004-02-21) (aged 87)
Singapore
Nationality
Singaporean
Citizenship
Malaysian (1957–1981) Australian (1981–1994)[1] Singaporean (1994–2004)[2]
Alma mater
St Joseph's Institution
Known for
Singapore's richest man Philanthropist; fugitive in the banking scandal of the National Bank of Brunei.
Spouses
Tan Geok Yin (deceased 1972)
Rose Marie Wee
Renee Chew
Children
11 daughters and 4 sons including Eric Khoo (filmmaker)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Khoo.
Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (Chinese: 邱德拔; pinyin: Qiū Débá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khu Tik-pua̍t; 13 January 1917 – 21 February 2004) was a banker and hotel owner, who, with an estimated fortune of S$4.3 billion (US$3,195,953,500), was the wealthiest man in Singapore at one point. He owned the Goodwood Group of boutique hotels in London and Singapore and was the largest single shareholder of the British bank Standard Chartered. The bulk of his fortune came from shares in Standard Chartered, which he bought up in the 1980s to help thwart Lloyds Bank's proposed acquisition which many financiers deemed hostile. The Goodwood Park Hotel in Singapore, built in 1900, is a restored historic landmark.
Around the period of his death in 2004, Khoo was ranked as the 108th richest person in the world by the business magazine Forbes.[3] Khoo's estate has donated S$80 million to Duke–NUS Medical School.[4]
^Archibald, Haynes (1988), p. 124
^Forbes (1994), p. 164
^Forbes.com World's Richest Person 2004
^DukeMedNews Announces S$80 Million Gift to Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Archived 7 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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