Malaysian tycoon Lim Goh Tong, 89-year-old billionaire and Genting Group founder passed away at 11.20am Tuesday at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre.

Former public works contractor turned his idea for a hilltop resort into on the world’s most successful casino resorts.

Lim Goh Tong was born in China’s Fujian province. He was named after the parasol tree, considered auspicious among Chinese, by his maternal grandfather, who hoped the name would bring him good fortune, as in his 2004 autobiography. In May, Forbes put his wealth at $4.3 billion.

Genting is really a story of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, a story of success that is quite unprecedented even in Malaysia, where many people have met with a great deal of success. From Tan Sri Lim’s achievements you can see that even though a man may be born elsewhere, he can always realise his dreams of building his business empire in Malaysia. He has only a limited education background. He does not speak English, converses only in Hokkien and some Malay, yet he had been able to succeed in business — this was not easy. –
Tun Mahathir

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