Oei Hong Leong
Born21 March 1948[1][2]
Other namesPeter Oei
CitizenshipSingaporean
Occupation(s)Businessman, real estate developer
Children4
ParentEka Tjipta Widjaja
RelativesFuganto Widjaja (nephew)

Oei Hong Leong (born 21 March 1948), also known as Peter Oei, is a Singaporean billionaire businessman.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. DOB, webb-site.com. Accessed 29 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Forbes profile: Oei Hong Leong". Forbes. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Lee, Lynn (24 July 2019). "Singapore tycoon Oei Hong Leong says Canada property lawsuit had nothing to do with Li Ka-shing". SCMP. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Oei Hong Leong". Singapore Tatler. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. Karmali, Naazneen. "Billionaire Oei Hong Leong's Buddhist Treasures". Forbes. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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