Profil Financier
Lim Chap Huat occupe actuellement le rang #2613 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur immobilier). Fortune nette estimée : $1.5 B (+$219 sur 24h).
Son of a rickshaw driver, Lim Chap Huat set up a small construction outfit with two partners in 1976 at age 22.
He expanded Soilbuild Group into property development and set up a REIT, eventually buying out his partners. His wife Leo Jee Lin and sons, Lim Han Feng and Lim Han Qin, work with him.
Soilbuild expanded into Myanmar in 2012 where it has multiple contracts, and into Vietnam in 2017.
In 2021, Lim, together with Blackstone Real Estate, privatized Soilbuild Business Space REIT, delisting it from the Singapore stock exchange.
In 2024, Lim and Blackstone sold their office and industrial properties in Singapore to New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Australian developer Lendlease for $1.2 billion.
Lim taught part-time to pay fees for engineering school.
He is a firm believer in his school motto "Nothing Without Labour."