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Lee Shin Cheng Biography

Lee Shin Cheng

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Date of Birth: 1939 , June-3
Birth Nation: Malaysia

Quick Timeline of Lee Shin Cheng

1939 Born in Malaysia
1950 Left his school
1961 Applied for a job at Dunlop Estate
1989 Bought Dunlop Estate
2001 Won FIABCI Malaysia Property Man of the Year
2002 Was conferred the Honorary Doctorate Degree in Agriculture

Detail Timeline of Lee Shin Cheng

June 3 , 1939

Born in Malaysia

Lee Shin Cheng was born at the end of 1930s in Malaysia. He was raised in northeast of Kuala Lumpur on a rubber plantation. He was born and raised in a humble background and his father owner a small Chinese food shop. He is Malaysian.

1950

Left his school

As a child, Lee struggled financially. Though his father ran a small Chinese food shop, they had humble family background. To support his family financially, he dropped out from his school at the age of 11 and he began selling ice cream on a bicycle.

1961

Applied for a job at Dunlop Estate

During his teens, he applied for a supervisory job in one oil palm Plantation Company but he was not offered this job. He also applied for Dunlop Estate's but he also got rejected there. He was offered a job of supervisor at another palm oil company.

1989

Bought Dunlop Estate

Lee Shin Cheng is a business magnate from Malaysia. He is also popular for being an investor, and philanthropist. In the early 1960s, he was rejected from Dunlop Estate. However, 20 years later he got revenge with Dunlop Estate as he bought Dunlop Estate.

2001

Won FIABCI Malaysia Property Man of the Year

He is a business magnate from Malaysia and is mainly known for being an executive chairman of the IOI Corporation Berhad. In 2001, he was honored with the singular honor of FIABCI Malaysia Property Man of the Year.

2002

Was conferred the Honorary Doctorate Degree in Agriculture

He is an executive chairman of the IOI Corporation Berhad. IOI Group is a palm oil and real estate development giant in the world. For his contribution to the palm oil industry, he was honored by the Universiti Putra Malaysia with the Honorary Doctorate Degree in Agriculture.

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Lee Shin is a married man and he is the father of six children but the name of his spouse and his married date has not been shared in the media. It is also unknown where they are divorced. All of his children are trained lawyers. There is no information about his extra affairs.

As a child, Lee struggled financially. Though his father ran a small Chinese food shop, they had humble family background. To support his family financially, he dropped out from his school at the age of 11 and he began selling ice cream on a bicycle. During his teens, he applied for a supervisory job in one oil palm Plantation Company but he was not offered this job. He also applied for Dunlop Estate's but he also got rejected there. However, 20 years later he got revenge with Dunlop Estate as he bought Dunlop Estate. He has been earning a lucrative amount of salary and his net worth is US$2.9 billion as of November 2014.