Oei Hong Leong | |
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Born | 21 March 1948 [1] [2] |
Other names | Peter Oei |
Citizenship | Singaporean |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, real estate developer |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Eka Tjipta Widjaja |
Relatives | Fuganto Widjaja (nephew) |
Oei Hong Leong (born 21 March 1948), also known as Peter Oei, is a Singaporean billionaire businessman.
Oei Hong Leong is a son of Indonesian Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who died in 2019. [2] He was educated in China, having moved there as a teenager, and lived there in the 1960s and 1970s. [3]
According to Forbes, "the bulk of his wealth is derived from a corporate bond portfolio and real estate assets". [2]
Oei owns "prime property" in Vancouver, Canada, including the waterfront Plaza of Nations site, that he bought from Li Ka-shing in 1989 for CAN$40 million. [2] [3] The site has been renamed Expo Gardens and there are plans to build 1.4 million sq ft of residential property and 700,000 sq ft of commercial and retail property. [3]
In 2017, he founded One Belt One Net, a data centre company in Singapore, with a SIN$6.7 billion investment. [4]
Oei is the chairman of Chip Lian Investments, the Oei Hong Leong Foundation, and the Nei Xue Tang Museum. [4]
Oei is married, with four children, and lives in Singapore. [2] He collects Buddhist art, and owns the private Nei Xue Tang Museum in Singapore, which has more than 50,000 pieces. [2] [4] [5]
Oei Hong Leong | |
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Born | 21 March 1948 [1] [2] |
Other names | Peter Oei |
Citizenship | Singaporean |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, real estate developer |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Eka Tjipta Widjaja |
Relatives | Fuganto Widjaja (nephew) |
Oei Hong Leong (born 21 March 1948), also known as Peter Oei, is a Singaporean billionaire businessman.
Oei Hong Leong is a son of Indonesian Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who died in 2019. [2] He was educated in China, having moved there as a teenager, and lived there in the 1960s and 1970s. [3]
According to Forbes, "the bulk of his wealth is derived from a corporate bond portfolio and real estate assets". [2]
Oei owns "prime property" in Vancouver, Canada, including the waterfront Plaza of Nations site, that he bought from Li Ka-shing in 1989 for CAN$40 million. [2] [3] The site has been renamed Expo Gardens and there are plans to build 1.4 million sq ft of residential property and 700,000 sq ft of commercial and retail property. [3]
In 2017, he founded One Belt One Net, a data centre company in Singapore, with a SIN$6.7 billion investment. [4]
Oei is the chairman of Chip Lian Investments, the Oei Hong Leong Foundation, and the Nei Xue Tang Museum. [4]
Oei is married, with four children, and lives in Singapore. [2] He collects Buddhist art, and owns the private Nei Xue Tang Museum in Singapore, which has more than 50,000 pieces. [2] [4] [5]