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Lim Kok Thay
$1.8B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 10/5/25
#2103 in the world todayReflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
$1.8B
2025 Malaysia's 50 Richest Net Worth
as of 4/16/25
Photo by Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
From the Editor
- 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.
- Genting Singapore is investing $1.7 billion to revamp its casino Resorts World Sentosa, which will include a new 700-room hotel and is expected to be completed by 2031.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 74
- Source of Wealth
- Casinos
- Residence
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Citizenship
- Malaysia
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of London
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