Oei Hong Leong Explained

Oei Hong Leong
Alias:Peter Oei
Birth Date:21 March 1948[1] [2]
Citizenship:Singaporean
Occupation:Businessman, real estate developer
Children:4
Parents:Eka Tjipta Widjaja
Relatives:Fuganto 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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://webb-site.com/dbpub/bornyear.asp?y=1948&m=3 DOB
  2. Web site: Forbes profile: Oei Hong Leong . Forbes . 18 November 2019.
  3. News: Lee . Lynn . Singapore tycoon Oei Hong Leong says Canada property lawsuit had nothing to do with Li Ka-shing . 30 July 2019 . SCMP . 24 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Oei Hong Leong . Singapore Tatler . 30 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Karmali . Naazneen . Billionaire Oei Hong Leong's Buddhist Treasures . 30 January 2023 . Forbes . en.