Ho Rih Hwa (b. 1917, Singapore–d. 28 August 1999, Singapore) was a prominent businessman and ambassador. He headed the Wah Chang group of companies, a business conglomerate engaged in agribusiness, hotel and resort management, as well as property development in ...

Chew Boon Lay (b. 1851 or 1852, Changchow, China–d. 2 June, 1933, Singapore) was one of Singapore’s early pioneers. He bought large tracts of land in Jurong on which he cultivated pepper and gambier, and later rubber. He also founded the Ho Ho Biscuit Factory. ...

Lim Nee Soon (b. 12 November 1879, Singapore–d. 20 March 1936, Shanghai, China) was a planter and general merchant. Upon the completion of his studies in Singapore, Lim worked for various firms until 1911 when he founded his own company, Lim Nee Soon & Co. A rubber ...

Tan Eng Joo (b. 30 October 1919, Singapore–d. 29 October 2011, Singapore), a Chinese community leader and businessman, was a leading advocate of the Singapore rubber industry during the 1960s and ’70s. In 1964, he and his uncle Tan Lark Sye, together with rubber ...

Tan Keong Choon (b. 29 October 1918, Amoy, Fukien, China–d. 27 October 2015, Singapore ), nephew of the late Tan Kah Kee, was a prominent Chinese businessman who made his wealth from rubber trading between the 1950s and 70s. Among his many contributions to the ...

Tan Chay Yan (b. December 1871, Malacca–d. 6 March 1916, Malacca), also known as Tan Chay An or Chen Qixian, was the first rubber planter in Malaya. He pioneered an industry that transformed the region’s fortunes, and used his wealth to support causes such as ...

Tan Hiok Nee (陳旭年; Chen Xunian) (b. 1827, Chaozhou, China –d. 1902, Chaozhou, China), also known as as Tan Yeok Nee, was an influential Teochew businessman in Singapore and Johor during the 19th century. He amassed great wealth through opium and spirit farming, ...