Lee Kong Chian
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Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lee Kong Chian |
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Lee Kong Chian
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18 October 1893 Nan'an, Fujian, Qing Empire |
| Died | 2 June 1967 (aged 73) Singapore |
| Other names | Lee Geok Kun |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Philanthropic work, founder of Lee Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Tan Ai Leh (陳愛禮) |
| Children |
Sons: Lee Seng Gee (李成義) Lee Seng Tee (李成智) Lee Seng Wee (李成偉) Daughters: Lee Seok Kheng (李淑瓊) Lee Seok Tin (李淑珍) Lee Seok Chee (李淑志) |
| Parent(s) | Father: Lee Kuo Chuan (李國專) |
| Relatives | Father-in-law: Tan Kah Kee (陳嘉庚) |
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| Chinese | 李光前 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李玉昆 | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Guāngqián |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Gwong1-cin4 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Lí Kong-tsiân |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Yùkūn |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Juk6-gwan1 |
Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lee Kong Chian (18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known as Li Guangqian or by his alias Lee Geok Kun (Li Yukun), was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist active in Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was the founder of the Lee Foundation and one of the richest men in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the son-in-law of Tan Kah Kee, another well-known Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast Asia.
Lee was born in Furong Village, Nan'an, Fujian Province towards the end of the Qing dynasty of China. His father was Lee Kuo Chuan (李国专; 李國專; Lǐ Guózhuān). He received his early education in private schools in his hometown. In 1903, at the age of 10, he came to Singapore, then a British colony, to join his father. Lee studied at the now defunct Anglo-Indian School and Chung Cheng High School.
Lee returned to China in 1909 to complete his education under a scholarship, but it had to end in 1911 as the Xinhai Revolution broke out. In China, Lee studied at Chi Nan College in Nanjing and later the Railway and Mining College in Tangshan, which was then one of the top colleges in China and a forerunner of the present-day Southwest Jiaotong University and North China University of Science and Technology.
Upon returning to Singapore, Lee worked as a teacher at Tao Nan School and as a translator at a Chinese-language newspaper. In 1915, he joined the China Guohua Company owned by Tan Kah Kee, and became Tan's protégé. He was promoted to manager of the Tan Kah Kee Rubber Company in 1917. Three years later, he married Tan's daughter, Tan Ai Leh (陈爱礼; 陳愛禮; Chén Àilǐ).
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