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Billionaire Wee Family’s UOL Sells 87% Of Condo Project Amid Singapore Housing Frenzy

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Jonathan Burgos

Malaysian Tycoon Leong Kok Wah’s Eco World Shares Jump After Microsoft Data Center Deal

Malaysian Tycoon Leong Kok Wah’s Eco World Shares Jump After Microsoft Data Center Deal
19.02.2025 8

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Jonathan Burgos

Singapore, Japan To Remain Property Hot Spots As Global Investors Diversify: JLL CEO

Singapore, Japan To Remain Property Hot Spots As Global Investors Diversify: JLL CEO
17.02.2025 10

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Billionaire Quek Leng Chan’s GuocoLand Tops Bidding For Prime Singapore Condo Site

Billionaire Quek Leng Chan’s GuocoLand Tops Bidding For Prime Singapore Condo Site
09.02.2025 9

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Microsoft Ramps Up Data Center Push In Malaysia With New Johor Land Deal

30.01.2025 10

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Billionaire Solomon Lew’s Premier Merging Apparel Brands With Australian Retailer Myer

23.01.2025 20

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL, Partners Sell 86% Of Singapore Condo Project On Robust Demand

19.01.2025 10

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Singaporean Billionaire’s Ho Bee Land Sparks Bidding War For Australia’s AVJennings

15.01.2025 10

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Tycoon Lin Yung Ling’s Gamuda Wins $1.8 Billion Rail Project In Penang

14.01.2025 9

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL, Partners Start Selling Singapore Condo Project As Demand Jumps

An artist's rendition of the 777-unit The Orie residential condominium project in Top Payoh in ... [ ] central Singapore. City Developments Ltd....

02.01.2025 4

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Billionaire Gautam Adani To Raise $2 Billion From Sale Of Adani Wilmar Stake

An Adani Wilmar facility in Gujarat, India. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises Ltd. (AEL) is selling its entire 44% stake in...

30.12.2024 2

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Billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Sells Foxtel To DAZN In Deal Valued At $2.1 Billion

Foxtel headsquarters in Sydney. Billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has agreed to sell Foxtel Group to global sports streaming platform DAZN...

24.12.2024 10

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Singapore Property Billionaires Seek Middle East Opportunities With Abu Dhabi Family Office

Cuppage terrace, a heritage dining hub on Orchard Road, is one of the key assets owned by ... [ ] billionaire Raj Kumar and his son Kishin RK in...

11.12.2024 2

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Tycoon Gordon Tang To Buy Out Singapore’s Suntec REIT In Deal Valued At $2.5 Billion

Suntec REIT's Suntec City is a mixed use office, retail and convention center in Singapore. Property tycoon Gordon Tang and his wife Celine have...

06.12.2024 9

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Sime Darby Building More Data Centers For Google In Malaysia

Sime Darby Property is building data centers for Google at the Elmina Business Park in Selangor, ... [ ] northwest of Kuala Lumpur, Sime Darby...

04.12.2024 4

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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Company Says He Hasn’t Been Charged For Violating U.S. Corruption Law

Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the ... [ ] company's headquarters in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,...

27.11.2024 10

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Billionaire Ex-PM Thaksin Calls For Lower Taxes And Electricity Tariffs To Boost Thailand’s Competitiveness

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in conversation with Steve Forbes, chairman and editor ... [ ] in chief of Forbes Media, at the...

22.11.2024 3

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LVMH Billionaire Bernard Arnault Receives Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award

Bernard Arnault (middle) receives the Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award from Christopher ... [ ] Forbes (lefT), vice-chairman of Forbes...

20.11.2024 2

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Vietnamese Billionaire To Inject $2 Billion Into Loss-Making VinFast

The VinFast factory in Vietnam. Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong—Vietnam’s richest person—is investing $2 billion into VinFast Auto amid widening...

12.11.2024 3

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL Sells 20% Of Singapore Luxury Condo Amid Tepid Demand

An artist's impression of the Union Square Residences near Singapore's central business district. City Developments Ltd. (CDL)—controlled by...

11.11.2024 20

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Tycoon Ong Beng Seng’s HPL Buys Concorde Hotel Singapore For $620 Million

Ong Beng Seng, managing director of Hotel Properties and chairman of the Singapore F1 Granprix. A unit of Hotel Properties Ltd. (HPL) is buying the...

08.11.2024 4

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Billionaire Wee Family’s UOB Jumps To Record As Singapore Bank Mulls Share Buyback

Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and CEO of United Overseas Bank. Shares of Singapore-based United Overseas Bank surged to a record high on Friday...

08.11.2024 2

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL Revives China Bet With Shanghai Property Purchase

The site at Xintiandi in Shanghai's Huangou district. City Developments Ltd (CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng and his family—has...

02.11.2024 2

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Billionaire Wee Family’s UOL, Partner To Buy Singapore Property For $613 Million

Thomson View residential condominium in northern central Singapore enclave of Bishan. UOL Group and its unit Singapore Land—both controlled by the...

28.10.2024 10

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Las Vegas Sands To Invest $8 Billion To Expand Singapore Casino

A General View of Marina Bay Sand at Sunrise on September 18, 2016 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photo ... [ ] by Rustam Azmi/Getty Images) Las Vegas...

24.10.2024 4

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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Buys Orient Cement As Rivalry Intensifies

Concrete pouring during commercial concreting floors of building Ambuja Cements—part of billionaire Gautam Adani’s ports-to-power business empire—...

22.10.2024 20

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL Sells 84% Of Singapore Housing Project Amid Resilient Demand

An artist's impression of City Developments' Norwood Grand residential project in the northern ... [ ] Singapore district of Woodlands. City...

21.10.2024 10

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Malaysia’s Public Bank To Buy Late Founder’s Stake In Insurance Company For $400 Million

The Public Bank building in Kuala Lumpur. Public Bank Bhd (PBB)—Malaysia’s second-largest lender by market value—said Thursday it is buying a...

11.10.2024 6

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Billionaire Banker Grows Singapore Lender Across Southeast Asia And Spruces Up Its Image

An avid collector of bonsai, Wee Ee Cheong has nine of the ornamental trees planted around the headquarters of United Overseas Bank (UOB), which...

09.10.2024 8

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Singapore Charges Property Tycoon Ong Beng Seng With Offences Linked To Gifts To Convicted Ex-Minister

Hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng arrives at the State Court in Singapore on October 4, 2024. A Singapore court on Friday charged property tycoon Ong Beng...

04.10.2024 1

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Billionaire Koh Wee Meng To Open Three New Singapore Hotels By 2027

Garth Simmons, chief operating officer of Accor's premium, midscale and economy hotels in Asia, and ... [ ] Fragrance Group founder and chairman...

23.09.2024 2

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KKR—Backed Singapore Billionaire On Hot Streak From Selling Premium Coffee, Tea

B acha Coffee at Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands is wedged between Armani and Zara stores. Square tins of coffee beans adorn the café’s walls...

05.09.2024 5

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Founder Of Singapore BPO Firm TDCX Looks To Ramp Up After Taking It Private

Laurent Junique. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . Less than three years after its IPO...

05.09.2024 2

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Singapore Property Billionaire Plays The Long Game With Trophy Acquisitions

Kwek Leng Beng. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . “I seize opportunities when...

05.09.2024 4

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