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Johor property old hand KSL readies family handover amid market boom “It’s not so much what you study, but how you learn,” said Khoo Lee Feng, daughter of KSL's founder and part of a new generation of family leaders step…

Malaysia's 8th richest man Jeffrey Cheah wants Sunway business to last 10 generations His business nearly collapsed twice. At one point, borrowings swelled to what Sunway Group founder and chairman Dr Jeffrey Cheah descr…

“I had to reset to make ourselves relevant': Eu Yan Sang group chairman Richard Eu on keeping a 150-year brand alive “I believe it’s more important to try something new and be prepared to fail, rather than not try at all…

From plastics to property, Malaysia’s Mah Sing builds its business empire on ‘trust capital’ From touring his father's plastics factory at 10 to leading one of Malaysia's top property brands, Lionel Leong believes the ha…

Rolex to runways: Vietnam’s luxury retail king leads a family empire built on discipline With eight children from two marriages, and nearly all involved in the family business, 75-year-old Johnathan Hanh Nguyen - the fou…

His grandfather built a food empire, now he’s aiming to build South-east Asia’s first enterprise AI giant Thailand's CP Group, one of the region's most established family conglomerates, has a family rule that each genera…

“Many founders fail because they think succession is about assets,” Hermanto Tanoko, founder of Tanobel (PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk), told BT’s Elisa Valenta. “It’s about passing the mission”. While Tanoko remains engage…

Succession is about passing the mission, not assets: Sariguna makes a splash in Indonesia’s water market “In business, it's like a battle, if red tape slows you down too much, you risk getting taken out before you even g…

In danger, there’s opportunity: How SingHaiyi’s 29-year-old scion is reshaping the property group’s next chapter “Now is a turbulent time, but my parents always preach the idea of a ‘dangerous opportunity’. Whatever dang…