Who is the richest man in Malaysia?

He is both the "two kings", first known as the "sugar king of Asia" and then the "king of hotels", but his career does not stop there. He is both "two kings", first enjoying the reputation of "Asian sugar king" and then "hotel king", but his career does not stop there. From sugar, hotels, real estate, shipping, minerals, insurance, media to grain and oil, he has created a huge commercial kingdom and countless miracles. He is probably the most famous Malaysian besides political leaders. He is an outstanding entrepreneur and the richest man in Malaysia, Guo Henian. Guo Henian's ancestral home is in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. His father Guo Qin came to Malaysia on 1909. He started as a clerk and later opened his own coffee shop. After several years' efforts, Dongsheng Company, which mainly focuses on rice, soybeans and sugar, was established, and the family became richer and richer. It's Guo's youngest son. After graduating from Raffles College, he helped his father buy and sell sugar and rice. From 65438 to 0948, Guo Henian founded a shipping company specializing in shipping in Singapore, which became the beginning of his business. Guo Henian was able to start a business in his twenties, which is of course related to his rich background. But personal courage, talent, superior judgment and never-ending spirit are the fundamental elements of his future business and fame. Shortly after the company was founded, his father Guo died. After the meeting, the Guo family decided to set up the Guo Brothers Co., Ltd. and unanimously elected the knowledgeable chairman of the company. In this way, when Guo Henian was young, he accepted the heavy burden and officially became the "head of the family". In order to further develop her career, Guo Henian made a special trip to Britain to do market research and learn business knowledge. In London, he conducted a comprehensive and in-depth investigation on the operation of the sugar industry and knew the trade situation of the sugar industry like the back of his hand. After returning to Malaysia, Guo Henian focused on sugar industry and founded the first sugar factory in Malaysia. He seized the opportunity and quickly established a sales network all over Malaysia, forming an "integrated management" system of "raw materials-processing-sales". He successfully leased a large area of land from the government and cultivated it into a sugarcane plantation, which greatly increased the source of raw materials. While paying attention to the production of sucrose, Guo Henian also pays attention to the sales market. He made a bold decision to buy sugar in the international market and invest in sugar futures trading before the world sugar price rose. All this has won him huge profits and provided financial guarantee for his future business development. By the 1970s, Guo Enterprise Group controlled about 10% of the annual160,000 tons of sugar listed in the international market. In the sugar market in Malaysia, Guo enterprises account for 80% of the total. Guo Henian has become a veritable "sugar king". After digging the first bucket of gold in the sugar industry, Guo Henian did not stop building a kingdom and building a Shangri-La brand. He is ambitious and attacks in all directions in business. With the good opportunities of world and Malaysian economic development and the good atmosphere of getting along with the government and the industrial and commercial circles, Guo Henian has expanded its business field in an all-round way. Guo Henian invested in the establishment of a flour mill, and quickly developed into the largest flour processing enterprise in Malaysia. 197 1 year, Guo Henian cooperated with Singapore Economic Development Board to build the first luxury hotel in Singapore-Shangri-La Hotel. Later, hotels were built and operated in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing and other big cities, and expanded in the Asia-Pacific region to build Shangri-La hotel brands. So far, nearly 20 Shangri-La hotels have been built in China. Guo Henian has also done well in other fields. By the1980s, the Kwok Group had not only many enterprises in Malaysia, but also made great achievements in Singapore, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia.