Kwek Leng Beng

Kwek Leng Beng (born 27 January 1941) is a Singaporean businessman. He is the executive chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL) and Hong Leong Group Singapore, the latter being a diversified conglomerate founded by his father in 1941. Under his leadership, CDL expanded globally through major hotel acquisitions, including The Gloucester and New York's Millennium Hotel, and held an 80% stake in the Plaza Hotel with Saudi investor Al Waleed bin Talal in 1995. He merged CDL's hotel chains into Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, which became the first Singapore-based company with primary listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1996.

Kwek developed several iconic Singapore properties, including King's Hotel in 1968, Republic Plaza in 1998, and The Sail @ Marina Bay in 2002. He was also involved in the early bidding for Marina Bay Sands through a partnership with Las Vegas Sands, though CDL withdrew in 2006. Forbes has consistently ranked Kwek as one of the richest people in Singapore; in January 2026, the magazine estimated his net worth at $4.8 billion.