Lee Kong Chian
Lee Kong Chian | |
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| 李光前 | |
Lee c. 1946 | |
| Born | 18 October 1893 |
| Died | 2 June 1967 (aged 73) |
| Other names | Lee Geok Kun |
| Known for | Philanthropic work |
| Spouse | Tan Ai Leh |
| Children | 6 (including Lee Seng Tee and Lee Seng Wee) |
| Parent | Lee Kuo Chuan (father) |
| Relatives | Tan Kah Kee (father-in-law) |
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| Chinese | 李光前 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Lí Kong-chiân | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李玉昆 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Lí Gio̍k-kun | ||||||||||||||||
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Tan Sri Dato' Lee Kong Chian PMN SPMJ SJMK (Chinese: 李光前; pinyin: Lǐ Guāngqián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kong-chiân; 18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun (Chinese: 李玉昆; pinyin: Lǐ Yùkūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Gio̍k-kun), was a prominent Chinese Singaporean businessman and philanthropist based in Malaya and Singapore between the 1930s and the 1960s. He was the founder of the Lee Foundation and one of the richest men in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a son-in-law of Tan Kah Kee, another well-known Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast Asia. He is affectionately known today as the "founding father" of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.