Low Tuck Kwong

About Low Tuck Kwong

Known as the coal king, Singapore-born Low Tuck Kwong is the founder of Bayan Resources, a coal mining company in Indonesia.

He also controls Singapore's renewable energy company Metis Energy - formerly known as Manhattan Resources - and has interests in The Farrer Park Company, Samindo Resources and Voksel Electric.

Low is backing SEAX Global, which is building a submarine sea-cable system for internet connectivity linking Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Low worked for his father's construction company in Singapore as a teenager and then moved to Indonesia in 1972 for greater opportunities.

Low thrived as a building contractor but hit the jackpot after buying his first mine in 1997.