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Wee Cho Yaw
DUBC
黃祖耀
Born
(1929-01-10)10 January 1929
Kinmen, Fujian, China
Died
3 February 2024(2024-02-03) (aged 95)
Singapore
Nationality
Singaporean
Education
The Chinese High School Chung Cheng High School
Occupations
Banker
businessman
investor
philanthropist
Spouse
Chuang Yong Eng[1]
Children
5
Parent
Wee Kheng Chiang
Wee Cho Yaw
Traditional Chinese
黃祖耀
Simplified Chinese
黃祖耀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huáng Zǔyào
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Ûiⁿ Chó͘-iāu
Wee Cho YawDUBC (Chinese: 黃祖耀; pinyin: Huáng Zǔyào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Chó͘-iāu; 10 January 1929 – 3 February 2024) was a Singaporean banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was chairman emeritus and honorary adviser of United Overseas Bank (UOB), and chairman of the UOL Group.
Wee joined the board of directors of the United Chinese Bank (now the United Overseas Bank) in 1958. He was appointed managing director of the bank two years later; and when his father Wee Kheng Chiang, founder of United Chinese Bank, retired in 1974, Wee succeeded him as chairman. His son Wee Ee Chong succeeded him as chief executive officer of UOB.[1] He died on 3 February 2024, at the age of 95.[2]
^ abBio of Wee Cho Yaw Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, National Library Board of Singapore.
^"Former UOB chairman, S'pore banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw, dies at 95". 3 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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