Net Worth: $14.5 bil
Fortune: Self Made
Source: diversified
Age: 86
Country Of Citizenship: Malaysia
Residence: Hong Kong
Education: Raffles C, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Marital Status: Married, 8 children
Onetime rice and sugar trader heads multinational Kuok Group, with interests ranging from shipping to real estate to media. In 2007 merged extensive Malaysian, Indonesian palm oil interests with Singapore's Wilmar International, run by his nephew; now his most valuable holding. Also has stakes in Kerry Properties, Shangri-la hotels, company that publishes the South China Morning Post. Once known as the Sugar King of Asia, his Kuok Group sold two of its sugar businesses in Malaysia for $365 million, signaling an exit from the industry where he got his start.
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