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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.
Feb 3, 2024 · 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 Facebook.
Feb 3, 2024 · SINGAPORE: Mr Wee Cho Yaw, the former chairman and CEO of Singapore bank UOB, has died at the age of 95. Mr Wee is one of Southeast Asia's most successful businessmen, having helmed UOB Group...
Feb 4, 2024 · SINGAPORE: Former UOB chairman and CEO Wee Cho Yaw was a "titan of Singapore's banking industry", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Feb 4), as he led the tributes to the late...
Feb 7, 2024 · SINGAPORE – The late Mr Wee Cho Yaw was sent off on Feb 7 in a brief memorial service aptly held at the bank that he spent a significant part of his life moulding.
Wee Cho Yaw was chairman emeritus of United Overseas Bank, Singapore's third-largest bank by assets. He died in February 2024 at age 95. UOB was cofounded by his father Wee...
Feb 3, 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.
Feb 4, 2024 · Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hailed Wee, who died on Saturday (Feb 3) at the age of 95, as “a titan of Singapore’s banking industry”, citing his business acumen and visionary leadership behind the growth of UOB into one of the most successful banks in Singapore and the region.
Dr Wee Cho Yaw, Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Adviser to the UOB Group, passed away on 3 February 2024 at the age of 95. Dr Wee, a visionary banker, celebrated businessman and community pillar, was pivotal to UOB's development into a leading bank in Asia.
bridges between Singapore and China, he founded the Wee Cho Yaw Singapore-China Banking Forum. In 2015, UOB also set up the $50 million Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award scholarship programme to help provide financial assistance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
