Peter Lim

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Peter Lim
林荣福
Peter Lim.jpg
Lim in 2016
Born (1953-05-21) 21 May 1953 (age 71)
Colony of Singapore
Education University of Western Australia
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • investor [1]
Known for
Spouses
Teo Geok Fong
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(m. 1990⁠–⁠2002)​
Cherie Lim
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(m. 2003)​
Children2

Peter Lim Eng Hock [a] [2] [3] (born 21 May 1953) is a Singaporean business magnate who was a stockbroker and an investor in palm oil, and is now a private investor focused on healthcare, property, sports, and education. [4] [5] In 2024, he was ranked 26th on Forbes' list of Singapore's 50 Richest with a net worth of US$1.75 billion. [6] He was a shareholder of English club Salford City until 2024 and is the owner of Spanish La Liga club Valencia CF since 2014. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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In 2010, Lim won the biggest libel payout in Singapore's history in the Raffles Town Club saga. [3] [11]

Early life and education

The son of a fishmonger, [12] Lim and his seven siblings grew up in a two-bedroom government flat in the Bukit Ho Swee public housing estate. [12] Lim completed his secondary school education at the Raffles Institution. [12] After National Service, he went to Perth to study at the University of Western Australia. [13] To fund his university education, Lim worked part-time doing odd jobs as a taxi driver, cook and waiter. [13]

While working at Australian fast-food chain Red Rooster, Lim studied how businesses are started, how they grow, and how they scale up. [14]

He graduated with a degree in accounting and finance and first worked as an accountant and did some tax consultancy before going into stocks. [12]

Early career

In the early 1990s, Lim invested about US$10 million in a start-up palm-oil company, Wilmar. [15] In 2010, Lim cashed out at the peak of commodity prices and sold his Wilmar shares for US$1.5 billion. [16]

Lim was known as the "Remisier King" (commission king) due to his success as a stockbroker in the 1980s. [17]

Lim quit the brokerage business in 1996 and became a private investor.

Sports investment

Lim owns a controlling stake in Spanish La Liga club Valencia CF, [18] and Hotel Football next to Old Trafford stadium in Manchester. [19] He previously owned stakes in British supercar maker McLaren Automotive [20] and Salford City F.C. [21] [22] Since becoming majority shareholder of Valencia CF in 2014, the club has qualified for the UEFA Champions League three times and won the Copa del Rey in 2019. Separately, Salford City achieved four promotions in five seasons to reach League Two in 2019, [23] and won the delayed 2020 Papa John's Trophy. [24]

In 2010, Lim expressed interest in purchasing Liverpool Football Club, submitting a bid of £320 million cash offer for the club. [25] Liverpool FC was eventually sold to New England Sports Ventures. [26]

In October 2021, Lim co-founded ZujuGP with his son. [27]

Philanthropy

In June 2010 the Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) set up the SOF-Peter Lim Scholarship with a S$10 million donation from Lim. The gift is the single largest donation in Singapore from an individual towards sports development. [28] The recipients are typically students who come from financially challenged backgrounds and have demonstrated a potential to excel in their respective sports. [29] In 2019, Lim further pledged to continue supporting young local athletes for another 10 years from 2021 to 2030 by donating another $10 million to the SOF-Peter Lim Scholarship. [30] From 2011 to 2023, 4,519 student-athletes from 54 sports have received scholarships amounting to S$10.45 million. [31]

Lim further committed a separate S$20 million to start a new community project focused on helping children from less privileged backgrounds, with the aim of helping them reach their potential. [30]

In 2011, Lim donated S$2 million for the HCIS-Peter Lim Scholarship Fund for students with exceptional academic merit, but with financial constraints in a two-year scholarship covering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, in which tuition fees would be paid for in full. [32]

In 2014, Lim also endowed Nanyang Technological University with S$3 million to fund a professorship in peace studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies to protect and promote harmony in Singapore. [33]

In 2018, Lim donated S$900,000 over three years to build Therapeutic Gardens in Telok Blangah, Punggol and Bedok Reservoir.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, in a partnership with NParks, Lim pledged S$10 million to set up the NParks – Peter Lim Scholarship for youth from less privileged backgrounds to pursue their interests in landscaping, horticulture, ecology, veterinary and animal science sectors. [34] Since its inception in 2020, study awards under the NParks – Peter Lim Scholarship have been given out to over 750 students in Singapore.[ citation needed ]

In 2022, Lim pledged S$680,000 to the Peter Lim Sports Ignite Grant to provide children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the platform to pursue their sports interests and skills development. The grant also aims to empower girls to pursue their interests in sports and science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). [35]

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Notes

  1. ↑ simplified Chinese :林荣福; traditional Chinese :林榮福; pinyin :Lín Róngfú

Citations

  1. ↑ Jetley, Neerja. "How Singapore Billionaire Peter Lim Makes Money From Thin Air". Forbes. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Peter Lim a savvy investor". The Edge Malaysia. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Peter Lim pierde en bolsa 1.665 millones de euros con TMG desde la compra del Valencia CF". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "TMG, el holding cotizado de Peter Lim, se hunde en la Bolsa de Singapur a mínimos de hace 8 años". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  7. ↑ Baillif, Elias. "Institution bafouée et résistance : Valence est-il (ir)récupérable ?". Eurosport . Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Peter Lim wins S$210,000 in damages in RTC defamation suit". Channel NewsAsia. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
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  13. 1 2 "5 things about Peter Lim and his new football club Valencia". Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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  21. ↑ "Peter Lim to buy 50% stake in Salford City from Class of '92". The Guardian. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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  27. ↑ Jonathan Burgos (18 October 2021). "Singapore Billionaire Peter Lim Launches Digital Platform, Endorsed By Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo". Forbes. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  28. ↑ hermesauto (1 June 2018). "Almost $800,000 doled out in this year's SOF-Peter Lim Scholarship for 269 student-athletes". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  29. ↑ "Lim commits further $10 million to support Singapore Olympic Foundation". insidethegames.biz. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  30. 1 2 hermesauto (3 July 2019). "Billionaire Peter Lim donates another $10 million to Singapore Olympic Foundation for scholarship". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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  33. ↑ "Peter Lim donates S$3m to NTU for peace studies professorship". TODAYonline. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  34. ↑ "Mint Media Sports presents Cristiano Ronaldo's #BeSIUPER weekend visit to Singapore". The Sun Malaysia. June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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