Group profile

The Hong Leong Group was built on a foundation of hard work, determination and service to the community – tenets that founder, Kwek Hong Png, brought with him as a teenager when he travelled to Singapore from Fujian in the 1920s. From a poor store assistant, he founded Hong Leong in 1941 and built his fortune in four core areas – property development, hotels, financial services and trade and industry.

Now under the leadership of a second generation of Kweks, the Hong Leong Group has grown into one of Asia’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Headquartered in Singapore, the Group employs over 40,000 people around the world.

Managing over S$40 billion in diversified premium assets, including public companies listed in seven stock exchanges around the world, the Group is poised to extend its global footprint and influence.

It is well-entrenched in China, the world’s economic engine, through its manufacturing, trading and distribution businesses.

Hong Leong’s success has also helped it fulfill its philanthropic mission of giving back to society, which it does through the Hong Leong Foundation and Hong Leong member companies’ programmes. Each year, the Foundation donates to various charitable causes in Singapore including education, the arts and the needy elderly.

As the Group looks ahead, it is dedicated to building a sustainable future. This is why it continues to invest in green buildings, engines and technology to ensure a cleaner, safer environment for all.

Shaping New Skylines

The Hong Leong Group's major push into the property business began in the late 1960s when it consolidated most of its property interests and investments in Hong Leong Holdings Limited. The Group bought a majority stake in City Developments Limited, and transformed it from a loss-making company into a profitable property giant and bellwether stock on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

As a major commercial landlord and landowner in Singapore's competitive real estate market, the Group collectively owns over 8 million square feet of lettable office, industrial, retail and residential space. It is also the largest residential developer in Singapore with nearly one in every five private homes sold in 2013 built by the Hong Leong Group.

Over the past five decades, the Group has developed many iconic properties along the Singapore skyline and positioned itself as a market leader with more than 130 quality residential properties and over 100 premium commercial and mixed-use developments, including projects like One Shenton, The Tate residences, Sage, The St. Regis Hotel and Residences, Singapore, W Singapore- Sentosa Cove, The Residences at W Singapore- Sentosa Cove and Quayside Isle.