This article is about the Chinese philanthropist. For the Singapore MRT station named after him, see Tan Kah Kee MRT station. For the asteroid, see 2963 Chen Jiageng.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan (Chen).
Tan Kah Kee
陳嘉庚
Born
(1874-10-21)21 October 1874
Jimei, Tong'an County, Fujian, Qing Empire
Died
12 August 1961(1961-08-12) (aged 86)
Beijing, China
Other names
Chen Jiageng
Occupations
Businessman
investor
philanthropist
Known for
Philanthropic work, setting up schools in China and Southeast Asia and helping to raise funds to support China in major events during the 20th century
Spouse
4
Children
18
Parent
Tan Kee Peck (father)
Relatives
Tan Keng Hian (younger brother) Lee Kong Chian (son-in-law)
Tan Kah Kee
Traditional Chinese
陳嘉庚
Simplified Chinese
陈嘉庚
Hokkien POJ
Tân Kah-kiⁿ
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Chén Jiāgēng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Can4 Gaa1-gang1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Tân Kah-kiⁿ
Tan Kah Kee (Chinese: 陳嘉庚; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kah-kiⁿ; also spelled as Chen Jiageng; 21 October 1874 – 12 August 1961) was a Chinese businessman, investor, and philanthropist active in Singapore and the Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou.
A prominent figure in the overseas Chinese community in Singapore and wider Southeast Asia during the 20th century, he was responsible for gathering much support from the community to aid China in major events such as the Xinhai Revolution (1911), the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition (1926–28), and the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45).
Apart from donating most of his assets and earnings to aid China in those major events, Tan set up funds in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and contributed to the establishment of several schools in Southeast Asia and China's Fujian Province, including Xiamen University.
TanKahKee (Chinese: 陳嘉庚; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: TânKah-kiⁿ; also spelled as Chen Jiageng; 21 October 1874 – 12 August 1961) was a Chinese businessman, investor...
TanKahKee MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Located directly underneath...
in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a son-in-law of TanKahKee, another well-known Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast...
Jimei Aoyuan Park and KahKee Park, forming a tourist destination.[citation needed] As holder of the cultural memorials of TanKahKee (a well-known patriotic...
Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Founded in 1921 by TanKahKee, a Chinese patriotic expatriate businessman in Singapore, the university...
or Nanyang Business Daily was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur TanKahKee on 6 September 1923 in Straits Settlements, currently published in Malaysia...
including input from committee members themselves such as Guo Moruo and TanKahKee. From 16 to 20 August, the designs were viewed at the Beijing Hotel and...
businessman. Lee was the third son of Lee Kong Chian, and maternal grandson of TanKahKee. Lee was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore before graduating...
earliest predecessors of the school, founded by Chinese businessman TanKahKee, were the Teachers Department of Jimei School established in 1918, and...
pro-communist Chinese-language newspaper published in Singapore. Founded by TanKahKee, it was an organ of the China Democratic League in Singapore. It was...
Singapore, Tan worked in one of TanKahKee's factories, and within half a year he was promoted to a responsible position in TanKahKee's Khiam Aik (Qianyi)...
Singapore Kuomintang. He headed the Fukien Protection Fund together with TanKahKee collecting $130,000 during a nine-month campaign. He was a trustee of...
needed] In 1916 Khiam Yik & Co Ltd of Singapore, a company controlled by TanKahKee, bought Warrimoo. She continued to carry troops.[citation needed] In...
original on 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2019-03-28. "TanKahKee Award in Information Technological Sciences". TanKahKee Science Award Foundation. 2006. Archived...
DTL2, Alpine Bau (which was building King Albert Park, Sixth Avenue and TanKahKee), went bankrupt in mid-2013. On 28 June 2015, Transport Minister Lui...
pioneering individuals, namely Munshi Abdullah, Henry Nicholas Ridley, TanKahKee, P. Govindasamy Pillai, Teresa Hsu Chih, Alice Pennefather, Adnan Saidi...
was sent to oversee the event, but the moving figures seem to have been Tan Pingshan and Li Lisan, while the main military figures were Ye Ting and He...
Caldecott and Farrer Road stations, while the station is between the TanKahKee and Stevens stations on the DTL. The station code is CC19/DT9. The station...
1923, when Chinese businessman, community leader and philanthropist, TanKahKee, known as the Rubber King of Singapore and Malaya, assumed chairmanship...
citizenship in 2011 in order to reclaim his Chinese citizenship. 2020, the TanKahKee Science Award 2017, the Future Science Prize in Life Sciences. 2016,...
as Chiyu Bank is a bank incorporated in Hong Kong. It was founded by TanKahKee on 15 July 1947, and it has 23 branches in Hong Kong and focuses on serving...
initially established as Nan Chiau Teachers' Training College in 1941 by Mr TanKahKee, a Chinese businessman, community leader and philanthropist, to support...
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