Cheah Cheng Hye
$1.22B
$140K
as of 06/13/26
About Cheah Cheng Hye
Cheah Cheng Hye is honorary chairman of Hong Kong-listed asset management firm Value Partners Group, which he cofounded in 1993 and took public in 2007.
He stepped down as cochairman in January 2025.
Born in Malaysia, he worked as a reporter, subeditor and writer at the Star newspaper in the country after leaving Penang Free School with a high school diploma.
In 1974, he traveled to Hong Kong, where he had stints in journalism at the Standard, HK-TVB News, the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
He worked at Morgan Grenfell Group in Hong Kong before starting Value Partners.
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MalaysiaSource of wealth
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Hong Kong, Hong KongMarital status
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03/18/54 (age 72)Number of children
3Education
High School Graduate, High SchoolSelf-made
self-madeCheah Cheng Hye’s fortune is worth
20K
troy ounces of gold
19K
median U.S. household
12K
median U.S. income
0.024%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
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HONG KONG | 806-HK
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