Founder of Malaysian Hong Leong Group: Kwek Hong Png
Kwek Leng Beng believes that the most important thing for a company is to have an emergency plan, so that even if something goes wrong, the loss will not be too great. The only feasible measure to deal with mistakes is to admit them.
The newly published Forbes magazine published the rich list of Southeast Asia for the first time. Kwek Leng Beng, the real estate and hotel tycoon and chairman of Hong Leong Group, became the richest man in Singapore with a personal asset of US$ 2.8 billion, ranking third on the list.
Kwek Leng Beng, a 62-year-old native of Tongan, Fujian, is the eldest son of Kwek Hong Png, the founder of Hong Leong Group. He took over the group 10 years ago. Kwek Hong Png was born in an ordinary peasant family. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, he went to Singapore to make a living by rolling straw mats, worked as an apprentice in a hardware store during the day and went to night school to make up lessons at night. Later, he and his three brothers opened a small shop called "Red Dragon". Half a century later, Honglong became one of the largest commercial consortia in China in Asia.
The success of Red Dragon depends on Kwek Hong Png's foresight. Just after the Second World War, he had a premonition that there would be a shortage of materials, so he invested money and bought a large number of surplus munitions at a very low price. These materials soon became tight commodities, which brought great profits to Honglong. Kwek Hong Png foresees that land and building materials will become the hot items of post-war economic reconstruction in various countries. From 1947, he bought a lot of land cheaply. By the 1970s, these properties were worth a hundred times. At this time, he established Honglong Industrial Co., Ltd. to manage the real estate industry.
With the development of Honglong Industry, Kwek Hong Png decisively raised funds to set up Honglong Finance Co., Ltd. as the pillar of the group. At present, Hong Leong Financial Co., Ltd. has developed into an international financial institution with 65,438+04 branches, and its business has developed to Malaysia, Britain, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, with more than 60 affiliated enterprises, including commerce, manufacturing, hotels, real estate, shipbuilding, insurance agency and so on. Kwek Hong Png summed up his business career like this: "Doing business should be far-sighted and meet the needs of the times. Only by conforming to the requirements of the situation and grasping the trend and pulse of the times can we take appropriate business countermeasures. "
1995, died and became the second generation head of the Guo family at the age of 54. At present, Hong Leong Group owns 1 1 listed companies. In addition to real estate, Hong Leong Group also actively develops the hotel industry. It has 1 10 international hotels all over Asia, Oceania, Europe and the United States, with a total of 30,000 rooms. Hong Leong Group has also become a benchmark enterprise in Singapore.
In July 2004, at the "Blue Sky Conference" organized by the Singapore Entrepreneur Action Organization (ACE), Kwek Leng Beng had a frank exchange with young entrepreneurs, and introduced to them how he inherited his father's business, as well as his strategy, management style and family life.
company profile
Hong Leong Group is the largest real estate and hotel investment developer in Singapore, and also a multinational enterprise group integrating real estate, finance, hotels, air transport and industry. Its shares have been listed in the United States, Britain and Singapore, with total assets exceeding HK$ 654.38 billion.
Talent is the foundation of enterprise development, and the broad development prospect and "people-oriented" corporate culture of Hong Leong Company provide a place for talents to realize their own values. The company has sound departments, standardized management and reasonable software and hardware configuration. The company attaches great importance to employees' on-the-job training and research, establishes a perfect education and training system, provides various forms of training, and comprehensively enhances employees' ability. And there is a good promotion space and perfect welfare system, aiming at retaining talents and creating a comfortable working and living environment for colleagues.