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Wee Kheng Chiang (simplified Chinese: 黄庆昌; traditional Chinese: 黃慶昌; pinyin: Huáng Qìng Chāng; Jyutping: Wong4 Hing3 Coeng1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Khèng-chhiang; 1890–1978) was a Malaysian Chinese businessman of Quemoy Bân-lâm Hoklo ancestry who founded the United Chinese Bank (now United Overseas Bank) and Bian ...
May 31, 2019 · Wee Kheng Chiang founded the bank in 1935 before passing it on to his son Wee Cho Yaw in 1960. Now 90, Mr Wee Cho Yaw embarked on a series of takeovers that included 10 banks. The family...
Sep 11, 2022 · Mr Wee Ee Cheong joined UOB in 1979 and served as deputy chairman and president of the bank from 2000 to 2007. In April 2007, he was appointed chief executive officer. Mr Wee is 69 years old.
Feb 8, 2024 · Wee Cho Yaw has passed away at the age of 95, and an outpouring of condolences has been observed across the press and social media. This is attributable to his pivotal role in shaping Singapore's banking industry.
At stake is the clan’s long-term control of UOB, one of the last major family lenders in Singapore, as well as other jewels of the empire. Cho Yaw’s father, Wee Kheng Chiang, founded UOB in 1935 and it is now worth more than US$35 billion, while the family’s UOL Group is one of Singapore’s biggest real estate developers.
Feb 4, 2024 · Mr Wee was born in Kinmen in 1929, six years before his father, Mr Wee Kheng Chiang, co-founded the United Chinese Bank (UCB), the precursor to UOB, in 1935. In 1958, he joined the board of...
Feb 3, 2024 · Wee Cho Yaw (b. 1930, Jincheng, Quemoy, Taiwan–d. 3 February 2024, Singapore)1 was the former chairman and chief executive officer of the United Overseas Bank (UOB).2 Besides UOB and its subsidiary banks and finance-related companies, Wee held interests in companies such as United Overseas Land (UOL), United Industrial Corporation ...
