Millennium Mogul

Shing Huei Peh

Chapter 13 in Strictly Business:The Kwek Leng Beng Story, 2023, pp 133-141 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: When Asia sneezes, Kwek Leng Beng seizes. While the region was bedridden by the Asian economic flu in 1998, the Singaporean consolidated his defences and made sure the financial health of his companies would hold steady. Once his backline was secured, he went on the offensive as the decade turned into its last year. The world may have been slowed by the Millennium Bug, but Kwek would hasten to add booster shots that would take him into the 2000s with fresh landmarks, milestone victories and global accolades. As he approached his 60th birthday, he was morphing into a millennium mogul at the top of his game…

Keywords: Kwek Leng Beng; Hong Leong Group; Hong Leong; Singapore; Millennium Hotel; Millenium Hotel; 9/11; The Plaza; authorised biography; CDL; City Development Ltd; Donald Trump (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 L21 L26 L85 M1 M13 M16 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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