Lim Kok Thay
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Lim Kok Thay

Malaysia 74 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Casinos
Residence
Kuala Lumpur
Education
Harvard Business School
University of London (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Genting Bhd
    1,611,778,000 shares @ -
    -
    3182-MY
  • Genting Malaysia Bhd
    4,373,000 shares @ -
    -
    4715-MY
  • Genting Singapore PLC
    15,695,000 shares @ -
    -
    G13-SG
  • Grand Banks Yachts
    52,610,000 shares @ -
    -
    G50-SG

Biography

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.

About

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.