Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Occupation(s)
Business magnate, investor, philanthropist
Known for
Malaysia's richest person
Title
Founder and chairman of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Spouse(s)
Joyce Cheah (谢碧蓉) (deceased) Pauline Ho Poh Lin (何宝莲)
Children
8
Relatives
Kuok Khoon Hong (first cousin once removed)[1]
Robert Kuok Hock Nien (simplified Chinese: 郭鹤年; traditional Chinese: 郭鶴年; pinyin: Guō Hènián; Foochow Romanized: Guóh Hŏk-nièng; born 6 October 1923) is a Malaysian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Since 1973, Kuok has lived in Hong Kong.[2] According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated at $11.8 billion as of April 2023,[3] making him the wealthiest Malaysian citizen[4][5] and 96th wealthiest person in the world.[6] As of April 2023, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2023, Kuok has an estimated net worth of $17.7 billion, making him the 97th richest person in the world.[7]
Although Kuok is a major figure in Malaysian business circles, he has remained media shy and maintains a low public profile despite his massive business success and immense wealth, with most of his companies being privately held by him or his family members. Apart presiding the ownership over a multitude of businesses spread across numerous industries in the Malaysian economic landscape, his companies have investments in many countries throughout Continental Asia.[8] His business interests (collectively known as the Kuok Group of Companies) range from sugarcane plantations (Perlis Plantations Bhd), sugar refineries, flour milling, animal feed, oil, mining, financial services, hotel (Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts), real estate (Kerry Properties), trading, freight shipping (Kerry Logistics) and publishing.[9] The biggest source of wealth that has contributed to his private fortune is a stake in Wilmar International, the world's largest listed palm oil trader company.[10]
In 2018, Kuok was appointed to the Council of Eminent Persons to advise Ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.[11]
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Kuok Khoon Hong (simplified Chinese: 郭孔丰; traditional Chinese: 郭孔豐; pinyin: Guō Kǒng Fēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Khóng-hong; born c. 1949) is a Singaporean...
Malaysian businessman RobertKuok. Kuok's son, Kuok Khoon Ean, took over as chairman at the end of 1997. Kuok Khoon Ean's sister, Kuok Hui Kwong, was named...
miller in Malaysia. The Kuok family retains control of the company with a 50.8 percent shareholding. The businessman RobertKuok and his brother Philip...
Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Source of wealth 176 RobertKuok Malaysia 11.4 Billion Kuok Group 287 Quek Leng Chan Malaysia 8.8 billion Hong Leong...
from 1994 to 1998.[citation needed] He was married to a daughter of RobertKuok. Hussain is the youngest son of Mohammed Hussain, who hailed from Penang...
of Eminent Persons (CEP) along with Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Daim Zainuddin, RobertKuok and Jomo Kwame Sundaram in 2018. He was appointed a Director of Khazanah...
shipping and oil tycoons including Li Ka Shing, Cheng Yu-tung, Joseph Lau, RobertKuok and Lui Che Woo. All of the Kwok brothers live within Deep Water Bay...
KUOK (channel 36) is a television station licensed to Woodward, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. Owned...
in Malaysia, MSM Malaysia Holdings from PPB Group Berhad (founded by RobertKuok) for RM1.25 billion. On July 3, 2018, the company dropped the phrase...
International Shipping Corporation was founded in 1968 by RobertKuok on request of the Malaysian government. Kuok, who had no experience in the business, sought...
oil and mesocarp trader. Martua along with Kuok Khoon Hong, the nephew of Malaysia's richest tycoon RobertKuok, founded Wilmar International Limited and...
September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Denise, Tsang (6 October 2023). "RobertKuok, Malaysia-born 'Sugar King of Asia', feted on 100th birthday". South...
Logistics Network (SEHK: 636). Its largest shareholder is the family of RobertKuok, a Malaysian Chinese businessman and the founder of Shangri-La Hotels...
Hainanese peoples, but achieved remarkable success. Amongst others, RobertKuok (Hockchiu) rose to become the "Sugar King" of Malaysia and is currently...
tycoons such as Run Run Shaw, Li Ka-shing and Frank Tsao. Kuok Ltd was headed by RobertKuok, a Malaysian billionaire and businessman. Sino International...
ten years there, he built relationships with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, RobertKuok and Tan Koon Swan. He left in 1976 to start his own business, developing...
ways. In 1982, Teng was engaged to Beau Kuok, a Malaysian businessman and the son of multi-billionaire RobertKuok. However, Beau's grandmother imposed several...
enterprise, which has financial interests over the border." For example, RobertKuok, who has business interests all over Asia, has been criticized over the...
order not to jeopardise the business interests in China of its owner, RobertKuok, and consequently made headlines around the world. Larry Feign's The...
longest-serving prime minister of Malaysia. In 1968, Malaysian businessman RobertKuok sought Tsao's help with setting up Malaysia's first national shipping...
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to do. He conveyed his heartfelt condolences over the death of Lee. RobertKuok, a Malaysian billionaire businessman, said Lee "did not allow anything...
started in 1957 by a group of Chinese businessmen including Ang Toon Chew, RobertKuok, Tan Kim Yeow, Tan Chin Nam, Ho Yeow Khoon and Low Boon Chian. The company...
Life Insurance, Bank of China Investment Group, Och-Ziff hedge fund and RobertKuok of the Kerry Group. 2010 Annual Report (PDF) BBMG raises $768 million...
in Hong Kong Gin Lee (born 1987), Malaysian singer based in Hong Kong RobertKuok (born 1923), Business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Top 100...
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