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Robert & Philip Ng
- Net Worth : $9.4 B
- Source of Wealth : Real Estate
- List of companies: Far East Organization, Sino Group, become The King of Orchard Road.
Robert and Philip Ng who has control Far East Organization is a Singapore's largest private landlord and property developer and now they become the first richest Singaporean. The group was founded by their father Ng Teng Fong, who moved from China to Singapore in 1934 and came to be known as "The King of Orchard Road". Their Hong Kong arm, Sino Group, is overseen by older sibling Robert and his son Daryl, while Philip oversees the Singapore interests.
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Eduardo Saverin
- Net worth : $9.3 B
- Source of Wealth: Facebook and self-made
- List of companies: Facebook
Eduardo Saverin, founded Facebook with his Harvard classmate, Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 is currently become one of the richest tech from Singapore. He’s now a venture capitalist who still derives most of his wealth from his minority stake in Facebook. Other than that, Saverin is also an entrepreneur for some business.
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Goh Cheng Liang
- Net Worth: $7.8 B
- Source of wealth: Paints, Self Made
- List of companies: Nippon Paint
Started making paints in a small factory in Singapore, Goh Cheng Liang finally went on to partner Japan’s Nippon Paint in 1962. His move took him to get a 39% stake in Japan’s Nippon Paint Holdings, the fourth largest paint manufacturer in the world. Now he’s collecting luxury yachts and catamarans.
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Kwek Leng Beng & Family
- Net Worth: $ 7.1B
- Source of wealth: real estate
- List of companies: Hong Leong Group of Singapore, City Development Limited (CDL), Millenium Copthorne (M&C)
He’s a Singaporean billionaire businessman who also the executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore since 1990. Kwek is also executive chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL), the island state’s second-largest property developer.
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Khoo Family
- Net Worth: $ 6.3B
- Source of wealth: Maybank
- List companies: Maybank, Goodwood Group of Hotels
Chosen as one of the Asia’s Richest Family, The Khoos are the heirs of late banker Khoo Teck Puat, who invested in Standard Chartered Bank in 1986. Since 2010, The Khoo Family build a family’s charitable arm who funded the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore named The Khoo Foundation.
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Wee Cho Yaw
- Net Worth: $5.8B
- Source of Wealth: Banking
- List of company: UOB, Haw Par Corporation
He’s a chairman emeritus of United Overseas Bank which founded by his father Wee Khiang Cheng in 1935 as United Chinese Bank. He was appointed managing director of the bank two years later after his father retired in 1974. Not only the banking industry, The Wees is also controlling Haw Par, maker of the iconic Tiger Balm Chinese ointment. Now, he and his family’s property arm Kheng Leong owns 45 apartments in the Nassim, a luxury condo, acquired for $290 million.
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Kwee Family
- Net Worth: $ 5.3 B
- Source of Wealth: Real Estate
- List of Company: Pontiac Land, Capella Hotel Group,
The Kwee Family is a Singaporean family that owns the Pontiac Land Group, a privately held luxury real estate developer and hotel owner based in Singapore. The Kwee brothers Kwee Liong Keng, Kwee Liong Tek, Kwee Liong Seen and Kwee Liong Phing collectively run the group. Years later, the brothers built an 82-story tower beside the art Museum of Modern Art and buy Capella Hotel Group.
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Kuok Khoon Hong & Family
- Net Worth: $2.7 B
- Source of Wealth: palm oil
- List of Company: Wilmar, Perennial Real Estate Holdings Ltd. Aviva Tower
He’s a nephew of Malaysian billionaire, Robert Kuok. In 1991, he becomes a co-founder and CEO of Wilmar International and the chairman of Perennial Real Estate. His son, Kuok Meng Ru has founded BandLab Technologies, a digital music startup that owns a 49% stake in Rolling Stone magazine.
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Raj Kumar & Kishin RK
- Net Worth : $2.6B
- Source of Wealth: Real estate
- List of Company: RB Capital
Raj Kumar and Kishin RK are among Singapore’s leading landlords with their Royal Holdings/RB Capital property empire. The name of RB is derived from the erstwhile Royal Brothers, a 70-year-old property group with roots in textile trading. Their prize holdings include the 442-room Holiday Inn Express at Clarke Quay and the five-star Hotel Intercontinental at Robertson Quay.
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Sam Goi
- Net Worth: $2.2B
- Source of Wealth: frozen food, self-made
- List of Company: Tee Yih Jia Foods
Son of a Fujian farmer, Sam Goi owns Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing. Before that, he dropped out of school to work in his father’s grocery store then got into frozen foods when he bought a struggling food unit. He sold a 28-story office tower in Singapore for $512 million to a Chinese buyer in early 2017. Now, he collects French antiques and Chinese artworks.
Source: Forbes.com