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Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (Chinese: 邱德拔; pinyin: Qiū Débá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khu Tik-pua̍t; 13 January 1917 – 21 February 2004) was a banker and hotel owner, who, with an estimated fortune of S$4.3 billion (US$3,195,953,500), was the wealthiest man in Singapore at one point.
Maybank was founded by Singaporean business tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (who died in 2004) & Oei Tjong Ie. The company was led by President and CEO Tan Sri Amirsham Abdul Aziz from 1994 until March 2008 after which he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in-charge of the Economic Planning Unit, a post he held until April ...
Nov 1, 2019 · Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat passed away from a heart attack while in Singapore on the 21st of February 2004. Despite his death, he remains one of the most notable – and controversial – figures in Malaysian (and Singaporean) banking history.
Feb 21, 2004 · Khoo Teck Puat (b. 13 January 1917, Singapore–d. 21 February 2004, Singapore) was a prominent businessman and investor with interests in banking, hotels, property development and other sectors.1 He controlled the Goodwood group of hotels and held significant stakes in the London-based Standard Chartered Bank as well as three major banks in ...
Oei Tjong Ie, Maybank's first chairman (centre) and founder Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat with the first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman (left) during the bank's first anniversary celebrations.
Feb 23, 2004 · Khoo Teck Puat, 86, Singapore’s richest man, died Saturday in a Singapore hospital of a heart attack. Born in Malaysia, Khoo amassed a fortune estimated at $2.6 billion. Last year he was...
Mar 12, 2004 · Khoo Teck Puat died last month. He was 87 and largely immobile. Many afternoons he could be seen having lunch in the lounge of Singapore's Goodwood Park Hotel. Why this hotel? Because he owned it.
