Teh Hong Piow

$5.54B

as of 12/12/22

About Teh Hong Piow

For decades Teh Hong Piow chaired Malaysian banking behemoth Public Bank, which he started in 1966.

He officially retired from Public Bank as nonexecutive chairman in 2019 and is now chairman emeritus. Deputy chairman Lai Wan took over as nonexecutive chairman.

In addition to Malaysia, the bank serves millions of customers across Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Teh still has substantial stakes in the bank as well as in the listed insurance business, LPI Capital, where he is non executive chairman.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Malaysia

Source of wealth

banking

Birth date

03/14/30

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Malaya

Self-made

self-made

Teh Hong Piow’s fortune is worth

92K

troy ounces of gold

85K

median U.S. household

55K

median U.S. income

0.111%

U.S. credit card volume

0.022%

GDP of the United States

0.016%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Teh started his career as a clerk with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

MALAYSIA | 8621-MY

LPI Capital Bhd

MALAYSIA | 1295-MY

Public Bank Bhd