About the book
From a start in British colonial Malaya, Robert Kuok built a multinational business group spanning several industries, yet he long kept a low public profile. In the memoir, credited to Andrew Tanzer, the 94-year-old Kuok looks back on 75 years in business: the commodities trading that earned his first million on the London sugar market, the Shangri-La hotel chain and his property holdings. He discusses strategy, lessons learned and the moral code behind his choices. His life also spans British colonialism, Japanese military occupation, post-colonial Southeast Asia and the rise of Asian economies, China among them. The account is meant for readers interested in business and management as well as history, politics, culture and sociology.
Shoe Mo co-founder Jack Wong described it as the story of a business magnate who built commodity empires and international hotel brands, and said he found it interesting to see how Kuok approached business in Asia and spotted opportunities and disasters.
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Jack Wong (Co-Founder/Shoe Mo)
Robert Kuok's Memoir - biography of a Malaysian born business magnate and investor who made his fortunes building commodity empires and international hotel brands. It’s interesting to read up on the way he approached business in this part of the world (Asia) and how they had the general economic foresight to spot opportunities (and disasters).
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