Portrait of Koh Wee Meng

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Koh Wee Meng

Net worth $2.2B

Real estate, hotels · Singapore

Born
Jul 01, 1963
Age
62
Source
Real estate, hotels
Residence
Singapore
Citizenship
Singapore
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Hotelier and property magnate Koh Wee Meng controls Fragrance Group with interests extending to Australia and the U.K. He took the Singapore-listed company private in 2021.
  • Son of a jeweler and schoolteacher, Koh broke away from Aspial, his family's jewelry business, to start his own property venture in the 1990s.
  • He was once known as the Geylang King for Fragrance's beginnings in Singapore's red light district.
  • His younger sibling Koh Wee Seng runs Aspial and has his own property interests.
  • In the early years, he named his hotels after precious stones, such as Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, inspired by his days as a jeweler.
  • In 2017, Fragrance Group entered the U.K. hotel property market, where it has since made 12 acquisitions.

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