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Wee Cho Yaw DUBC (Chinese: 黃祖耀; pinyin: Huáng Zǔyào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Chó͘-iāu; 10 January 1929 – 3 February 2024) was a Singaporean banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist.He was chairman emeritus and honorary adviser of United Overseas Bank (UOB), and chairman of the UOL Group.. Wee joined the board of directors of the United Chinese Bank (now the United Overseas ...
Apr 14, 2022 · Wee was the founder and chairman of Eastern Oxygen Industries Sdn Bhd, and a younger brother of Singaporean banker Wee Cho Yaw. The prominent businessman, who served for 12 years as president of the Kuching Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry until 1978, made significant financial contribution to Chinese education.
Apr 4, 2024 · SINGAPORE – The three sons of the late banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw are newly minted billionaires, according to a Forbes’ list of global billionaires released on April 2. UOB chief executive Wee ...
Wee Cho Yaw was born on 10th January 1929 in Kinmen to Wee Kheng Chiang and his second wife. Wee Cho Yaw has many siblings namely Wee Bee Ngo, Wee Hood Teck, Wee Cho Bian, Wee Siok Hua, Wee Hian Teck, Wee Bee Siok, Wee Bee Hoon. Their father, Wee Kheng Chiang was a Sarawak-based businessman. In 1937, the family fled to Kuching, Borneo, to ...
Feb 29, 2024 · By the time Wee Cho Yaw died earlier this month at 95, his five children had firmly established roles within Singapore’s richest banking dynasty that forged a US$10 billion fortune. His eldest son, Wee Ee Cheong, 71, has led UOB since 2007, while his other two sons and two daughters, all over 60, hold management roles elsewhere in the empire.
Feb 7, 2024 · Mr Wee Cho Yaw's influence extended beyond business to the community in many areas, ... The troupe, which performs locally and overseas, grew from 99 children in 1986 to over 2,000 today.
Feb 3, 2024 · Feb 04, 2024, 12:30 AM. SINGAPORE – Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw, chairman emeritus and honorary adviser of UOB, has died at the age of 95. The bank announced Mr Wee’s death in a Feb 3 statement on ...
Feb 7, 2024 · Mr Wee’s five children, ... Former chairman and CEO of United Overseas Bank Mr Wee Cho Yaw's family and UOB employees observe a minute of silence at the UOB Plaza Atrium on Feb 7, 2024.
Feb 3, 2024 · Banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw helmed UOB Group for more than 60 years before he retired from the board in 2018. ... Mr Wee moved to Singapore as a child amid the Sino-Japanese war.
Feb 3, 2024 · Singapore (3 February 2024) – It is with deep sadness that UOB announces the passing of Dr Wee Cho Yaw, Chairman Emeritus and Adviser to the UOB Group at the age of 95. Dr Wee, a visionary banker, celebrated businessman and community pillar, was pivotal to UOB's development as a leading bank in Asia. In the more than five decades under his extraordinary leadership, UOB grew from a one-branch ...
