Lee Kong Chian

Tan Sri Dato Dr Lee Kong Chian , also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun, was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist active in Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s to 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 the soninlaw of Tan Kah Kee, another wellknown Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast Asia.

Lee was born in Furong Village, Nanan, Fujian, China, towards the end of the Qing dynasty. His father was Lee Kuo Chuan . He received his early education in privately run schools in his hometown. In 1903, he came to Singapore, then a British colony, to join his father at the age of 10. Lee studied at the AngloIndian School and the Chung Cheng High School.

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