Lim Kok Thay

$1.8B

Born Aug 16, 1951

Age 74

Source of Wealth Casinos

Residence Kuala Lumpur,

Citizenship Malaysia

Marital Status Married

Children 3

Education Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of London

Lim Kok Thay is the executive chairman of Genting, a casino and resorts conglomerate with a global footprint. In February 2025, he stepped down as CEO, a role he had held for almost two decades.
In 2022, Lim's troubled cruise operator Genting Hong Kong, which was hit hard by the pandemic, filed a winding up petition. Lim stepped down as chairman.
Lim's assets include Empire Resorts, the parent company of loss-making Resorts World Catskills.
A long-drawn family feud over the empire's wealth and businesses, which include a palm-oil unit, was finally resolved in 2020.
As part of an ongoing S$6.8 billion ($5 billion) expansion, Genting Singapore is revamping its Resorts World Sentosa, which will include two new hotels, a four-storey retail and dining podium, and a waterfront promenade.
His late father, Lim Goh Tong, arrived in Malaysia from Fujian, China, in 1937 at age 19 with barely anything to his name.
Lim also has a stake in Singapore-listed luxury yatch company, Grand Banks Yatchs.

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