Peter Lim

Net worth over time

Biography

• After cashing out of palm oil giant Wilmar more than a decade ago, former stockbroker Peter Lim focused on healthcare, property and sports.
• Lim has consolidated his healthcare businesses in Singapore and Malaysia with his Singapore-listed Thomson Medical Group.
• Son Kiat serves as executive vice chairman of Thomson Medical Group. In March 2025, he was appointed president of Spanish football club Valencia, which his father acquired in 2014.
• In 2023, Thomson Medical Group acquired hospital operator Far East Medical Vietnam for $353 million.
• Peter ventured into education in 2022, partnering with top British boarding school Wellington College to set up international schools across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in the next few years.
• Lim also owns Hotel Football in Manchester, located close to Old Trafford, a stadium that's the home of Manchester United.
• Lim, who once made a failed bid to buy English football club Liverpool, owns a controlling stake in Spanish football club Valencia.
• The son of a fishmonger, Lim held part-time jobs as a waiter and taxi driver to pay for his college tuition.

Financial assets