Rank #489
Koon Poh Keong
Net worth $7.8B
Aluminum · Malaysia
- Born
- Apr 25, 1961
- Age
- 65
- Source
- Aluminum
- Residence
- Petaling Jaya
- Citizenship
- Malaysia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, University of Oklahoma
Net worth over time
Biography
- When Koon Poh Keong returned home to Malaysia from the U.S. after graduation, he found no jobs on offer and Malaysia was in a recession.
- Poh Keong started his company by rallying his four brothers, who pooled $50,000 and began an aluminum-extruding outfit.
- Poh Keong is group CEO of aluminum company Press Metal while his brother Poh Ming is the executive vice chairman.
- He founded the company with his brothers by renting a factory in Puchong, Selangor, a state on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
- Press Metal is Southeast Asia's largest integrated aluminum producer. It competes with the likes of Rio Tinto and China's Aluminum Corp.
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