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Wee Kheng Chiang was a Malaysian Chinese businessman who founded United Chinese Bank and Bian Chiang Bank. He was born in Sarawak in 1890 and married the daughter of a wealthy merchant. He died in 1978 and was posthumously honored as the "uncrowned king of Sarawak".
Feb 29, 2024 · 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.
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.
On 6 August 1935, Sarawak-born businessman Wee Kheng Chiang, together with six other partners, established the bank with a paid-up capital of S$1 million. [6] The bank was originally incorporated as United Chinese Bank (UCB) and served the mainly Hokkien Chinese community in Singapore. [ 5 ]
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 Chiang Bank ...
This paper is a study of Wee Kheng Chiang, one of the outstanding Chinese entrepreneurs and philanthropists in Sarawak. A irst generation local-born Chinese from a humble family, Kheng Chiang rose to preeminence in business and his community.
The former, by Sarawakian academic Dr Lam Chee Kheung, is written in Chinese, and the latter is an autobiographical account drafted in Chinese by Chew Sau Loong and in English by Ms Cheong Mei Sui. Born a generation apart, these two pioneer entrepreneurs shared many similarities in their background and experiences.
