N2. Kwek Leng Beng – $7.5 billion
We are almost there, to the number one the richest man in Singapore. But until then, we have the second richest man named Kwek Leng Beng.
The two biggest pieces of Kwek Leng Beng’s fortune are City Developments and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, which have completed and are involved in projects upwards of half a billion dollars.
He’s acquired Novotel in Times Square and Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London, as well as completing the world’s biggest vertical garden in Singapore.
This guy has a net worth estimated at $7.5 billion which makes him one of the wealthiest people in Singapore and in the world.
