Wee Cho Yaw

Wee Cho Yaw, DUBC is a Singaporean billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the United Overseas Bank and United Industrial Corporation in Singapore. Wee joined the board of directors of the United Chinese Bank in 1958.

  • Wee Cho Yaw is chairman emeritus of United Overseas Bank, Singapore’s third-largest lender.
  • UOB was cofounded by his father Wee Khiang Cheng in 1935 as United Chinese Bank.
  • After stepping down as the bank’s chairman in 2013, Wee retired as director in April 2018, a position he had held for six decades.
  • Wee’s oldest son Wee Ee Chong is UOB’s CEO, while younger son Wee Ee Lim has a board seat.
  • The family’s property arm Kheng Leong owns, among much else, 45 apartments in the Nassim, a luxury condo, acquired for $290 million.

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