Portrait of Sam Goi

Rank #1650

Sam Goi

Net worth $2.6B

Frozen foods · Singapore

Born
Dec 28, 1946
Age
79
Source
Frozen foods
Residence
Singapore
Citizenship
Singapore
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Son of a Fujian farmer, Sam Goi owns Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing, one of the world's largest makers of popiah skins, which are used for spring rolls.
  • Goi dropped out of school to work in his father's grocery store then got into frozen foods when he bought a struggling food unit.
  • He also has real estate interests through his stakes in listed firms GSH and KOP.
  • In 2021, he became chairman of Singapore-based consumer goods firm Hanwell Industries after a boardroom tussle. Hanwell is now PSC Corp.
  • Goi is Singapore's non-resident ambassador to Brazil.
  • Goi sold a 28-story office tower in Singapore for $512 million to a Chinese buyer in 2017.
  • He collects both local and Chinese artworks and antiques.
  • Goi built a new factory in Singapore for S$450 mill, which opened in 2023.

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