{"id":6596,"date":"2022-05-25T11:33:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2022-09-14T05:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T05:16:11","slug":"15-amazing-stats-and-facts-about-jeffrey-cheah-fook-ling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/stats-facts\/15-amazing-stats-and-facts-about-jeffrey-cheah-fook-ling\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Amazing Stats and Facts about <br> Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/J1.png\" alt=\"Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling\" title=\"Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling\" class=\"wp-image-6597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/J1.png 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/J1-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. About Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Jeffrey Cheah<\/strong> <strong>Fook Ling<\/strong> is the founder and current chairman of the&nbsp;Sunway Group, a Malaysian&nbsp;conglomerate&nbsp;operating in 12 industries with core businesses in <strong>property and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/industry\/construction\/\" title=\"CRM for Construction\">construction<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Jeffrey Cheah is Foundation Chancellor of Sunway University&nbsp;in Malaysia. He is also a Founding Trustee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Net worth : <\/strong>$1.3 billion as of June 18th, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Before Sunway Group :<\/strong> He worked as an accountant in a motor assembly plant and in 1974, he started his own company, a small tin-mining <a href=\"https:\/\/helloleads.io\/\" title=\"Helloleads CRM\"><strong>company<\/strong><\/a> with a startup capital of RM100,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Parents Name :<\/strong> Cheah Fah (father)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Spouse :<\/strong> Susan Cheah Seok Cheng. They had 3 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. Occupation : <\/strong>Businessman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. Education :<\/strong> He moved to Australia to pursue a business degree at&nbsp;Victoria University&nbsp;(then Footscray Institute of Technology) in&nbsp;Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. Sunway City :<\/strong> The development of Sunway City (also known as Bandar Sunway in the Petaling district of Selangor State) at the heart of Sunway Group has won the <strong>township international awards<\/strong>, including recognition as <strong>Malaysia&#8217;s first fully integrated green township<\/strong> by the Green Building Index (GBI) of Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9.<\/strong> Sunway City also received the <strong>Low Carbon City award<\/strong> from the Malaysian Institute of Planners for implementing low carbon initiatives within the township<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10.<\/strong> Cheah partnered with Monash University&nbsp;in&nbsp;Melbourne, Australia in order to enable Malaysian students to pursue a preparatory year at Sunway College before being admitted to study at Monash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11.<\/strong> In recognition of Tan Sri Jeffrey&#8217;s contribution in the field of social safety and security, he was appointed the <strong>Chairman of the MCPF Selangor Chapter<\/strong> by the Minister of Unity, Culture, Arts &amp; Heritage in Aug 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12. Honors :<\/strong> Cheah is the recipient of <strong>10 honorary doctorates<\/strong>, most of which are in recognition of his outstanding contribution to education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13. Business Awards :<\/strong> Property Man of the Year in 1993 by FIABCI, Malaysian Chapter; CEO of the Year in 1996; Asia&#8217;s Most Innovative Chinese Entrepreneur Award in 2005; Chairman &amp; co-founder of Asian Strategy And Leadership Institute; Paul Harris Fellow Award; Fellow Australian Society of Certificate Practising Accountants; Fellow of Institute of Directors; Lifetime Achievement Luminary Award in 2016; <strong>Asia\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14. Philanthropic activity : <\/strong>Since 2018, Cheah has donated almost <strong>US$39 million<\/strong> to scholarships and educational causes through his eponymous foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>15. Quote : <\/strong>One&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;personal&nbsp;hallmarks&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tan&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Jeffrey&nbsp;Cheah&nbsp;is&nbsp;his&nbsp;conviction&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that&nbsp;\u201c<strong>one&nbsp;should&nbsp;give&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;community&nbsp;it&nbsp;serves<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. About Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling : Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling is the founder and current chairman of the&nbsp;Sunway Group, a Malaysian&nbsp;conglomerate&nbsp;operating in 12 industries with core businesses in property and construction.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeffrey Cheah is Foundation Chancellor of Sunway University&nbsp;in Malaysia. 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