One of the most successful entrepreneur that impressed me a lot is Robert Kuok which is a influential Malaysian businessman.
The name of Robert Kuok is well-known throughout the global commerce including as an influential and enduring business powerhouse that Kuok made his money in sugar, palm oil, shipping and property. Kuok group boasts of a large network of companies under three main holding companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Therefore, he also controls South China morning post. Once the world's most profitable daily newspaper. His biggest success of wealth is his stake in wilmar, the world's largest listed palm oil company.
Kuok's profits are accumulated from a broad range of business interests including sugar refines, sugarcane plantations, hotel chains, properties, animal feed, oil mining, publishing and freight. To date, his most major source of wealth comes from his stake in the world's largest listed agribusiness organization, Wilmar International Limited. Most of his business are privately managed by him or close family members. Besides a variety of business dealings in his native country in Malaysia, his companies hold investments in other countries throughout the Asian region such as the Philippines, Singapore, Fiji, Australia, Indonesia, and mainland China.
In 1971, Kuok built his first hotel - Shangri-la hotels and resorts chain in Singapore. Today, he remains it chairman, Kuok's legacy in the industry extends for beyond his extraordinary business smarts, he also holds a degree of influence in the political scene. He played a significant role as an intermediary in organising meetings between both countries. At the age of 89, Kuok's businesses are still going strong with the help of his children and his name automatically comes up on any list of Asia's top influential business people.
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