Guo Henian: The Myth Of Creating Wealth In Malaysia

Shanghai no night city business circle began planning in 1991, introducing foreign capital through land leasing, with a total investment of RMB 25 billion yuan in the area of 1.42 square kilometers. It has initially become a rudiment of the positioning of the city commercial center, and a series of capital has begun to frequent on this investment hot spot.

In recent days, the company has heard from Everbright International that it has sold 25% of the rights of all the Kerry night cities in Shanghai at the price of HK $451 million to Li Jiacheng's Affiliated Companies and the Kerry building of Guo Henian. At that time, the holdings of Chang Shi and Kerry increased to 25% and 65% respectively.

Li Jiacheng is a household rich man. Where is Guo Henian sacred?

In this regard, the reporter visited the richest man in Malaysia.

Guo Henian is an outstanding entrepreneur and the richest man in Malaysia.

He was a "king of two kings". He first enjoyed the reputation of "Asian sugar king", and later called the "Hotel King", but his career was not limited to this.

From sugar, hotels, real estate, shipping, mining, insurance, media to grain and oil, he created a huge business empire and created countless miracles.

He may be the most widely known Malaysia people in addition to political leaders.

In the 2004 Forbes list of the world's richest men, Guo Henian's personal net worth was 4 billion 200 million dollars, ranking 111st.

But in Forbes's list of the 40 richest people in Southeast Asia, Guo Henian topped the list.

Guo Henian was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

His father, Guo Qin, came to Malaysia in 1909 to start a cafe.

After several years' efforts, Dongsheng company, which is mainly engaged in rice, soybean and sugar, has become increasingly prosperous.

Guo Henian is the youngest son of Guo Qinjian. He graduated from Raffles College in Singapore and helped his father in the business of selling sugar and rice.

In 1948, Guo Henian founded the main shipping and shipping company in Singapore, which became the start of his business.

Shortly after he founded the company, his father Guo Qinjian died.

After the meeting, Guo family decided to form Guo brothers Co., Ltd. and unanimously elected Guo Henian as the chairman of the company.

In this way, the young Guo Henian took the heavy burden and became the "head of the family" formally.

In the 20 years of the sugar monopoly market, Guo Henian went to England to do market research and learn business knowledge.

In London, he did a thorough and thorough investigation of the sugar industry and understood the trade situation of the sugar industry.

After returning to Malaysia, Guo Henian focused his career on sugar management and founded the first sugar refinery in Malaysia.

He took the opportunity to quickly establish a sales network throughout Malaysia and form an integrated operation system of raw materials processing sales.

By 1970s, Guo's enterprise group controlled 10% of the 16 million tons of sugar listed annually in the international market.

In Malaysia's sugar market, Guo's enterprises accounted for 80% of the total.

Guo Henian became the real "sugar king".

After making the first pot of sugar in Shangri-La, Guo Henian did not stop.

He is full of pride and has made four strikes in business.

Thanks to the good opportunity of the world and Malaysia's economic development and Guo Henian's good atmosphere of getting along well with the government and the industry and commerce, he has expanded his business scope.

Guo Henian invested in the establishment of a flour mill and quickly developed into the largest flour processing enterprise in Malaysia.

In 1971, Guo Henian joined the Singapore Economic Development Council to build the first The Grand Hotel in Singapore, the Shangri-La hotel. After that, it built and operated hotels in big cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Seoul, Hongkong and Beijing, and expanded in the Asia Pacific region to build the Shangri-La Hotel brand.

So far, nearly 20 Shangri-La Hotel have been built in the mainland of China.

Guo Henian's business involves various industries, and its operation in other fields is also excellent.

By the year 1980s, the Kuo's group had a large number of enterprises besides Malaysia, but also played a new role in Singapore, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia.

The Kuo's Group operates a wide variety of businesses, covering sugar, grain, industry, farming, shipping, mining, real estate, international trade, hotels, insurance, securities and construction.

In the 90s of last century, Guo Henian extended his tentacles to the media and film and television industry.

He bought Hongkong's important media such as the South China Morning Post and Hongkong radio TV with a huge sum of money, which made him a reputation as a "media tycoon" in Hongkong.

The "Nanyang Business Daily" once remarked Guo he was an entrepreneur with a reputation for being an international and wealthy company.

Shares of Guo Henian's Glass City, Raman tin mine, federated flour, rainbow industry and Shangri-La are listed on the stock exchanges in Singapore and Malaysia.

In 1985, he invested in the construction of China International Trade Center in Beijing and began his massive investment in China.

People who are most familiar with the Kuo's industry should be the Shangri-La hotel. Guo Henian, the most upscale office building International Trade Building or Cetra Building in Beijing and the main investor in Kerry Center, are also the people.

Today, many Chinese families are familiar with the golden dragon fish oil, which is also his product.

Guo Henian is a real gentleman. Besides great wealth, he has extraordinary charisma.

He has the skill of convincing his opponent, and is very amiable.

Everyone around Guo Henian said, "he is a real gentleman."

Guo Henian did not like to show his face. He did not like publicity and ostentation. He never showed off his wealth. He lived frugal and simple, and his style was approachable. He showed his gentlemanly manners everywhere and won the unanimous praise from his friends, subordinates and even his opponents.

He does not seek fame and fortune. He is very pragmatic. His speech is concise and comprehensive, and he works steadfastly.

Although he has a deep personal relationship with Ma and many new people in the new two countries, he rarely went to politics and maintained a low profile style in addition to being a Malaysia ambassador to the United States and chairman of the Malaysia Tourism Bureau.

The spirit of the 50 million grants, Guo Henian's disregard for fame and wealth and the spirit of selfless dedication, has been vividly reflected in the "Ma Hua Holdings" incident.

"Ma Hua Holdings" is a large enterprise group founded by the overseas Chinese organization of Malaysia - the Malaysia Chinese Association (hereinafter referred to as the Malaysian Chinese Association). Its shareholders, cooperatives members and depositors amount to 300 thousand.

Due to improper management, serious losses occurred in 1985, and the whole nation was concerned about it.

At the time of death and death, Guo Henian became chairman of the board of directors of Ma Hua holdings for the immediate interests of the vast majority of overseas Chinese shareholders.

After he took office, he raised all his debts and made great efforts to make the "Ma Hua Holdings" quickly come to life and tide over difficulties.

Guo Henian was an active advocate of public welfare undertakings in his later years.

In January this year, Guo Henian donated 50 million yuan to the China Youth Foundation, which hosted the "Hope Project" through its Kerry grain and oil (China) company. From this year, five years in a row, it provided 600 yuan to 900 yuan grants for the children of economically difficult migrant workers per person per school year to help them complete their studies.

In a letter to the foundation, Guo Henian wrote: "I often say that there are two things to do in this life: first, we must work hard, work hard and arrange family life. At the same time, we need to help people who are in need of education.

In this way, the society will be harmonious, stable and progressive.

Despite the fact that they have reached the age of their children, Guo Henian's enthusiasm for his career is still undiminished.

As the saying goes, life is seventy, but in Guo Henian's view, 90 years old is rare. So 81 years old, he is still like a rabbit.

Guo Henian always seems to be able to make endless efforts, and his entrepreneurial spirit of "starting an undertaking early and expanding the industry is not afraid of old age" is highly praised.

In 1992, Guo Henian announced his retirement and gave his career to his sons.

However, in fact, he kept on fighting and still had the highest decision-making power of the Kuo's group, especially in terms of investment in China's mainland and Hongkong.

In Beijing, Hongkong, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and other places, people still can see Guo Henian busy figure.

Entrepreneurs have a sense of mission.

Making money is, of course, the most important job, but when you get a lot of money, your sense of mission will arise.

Without a sense of mission, a person will soon think of retirement and appear in golf courses every day.

Guo Henian said.

It is based on this belief that he is still 81 years old.

"To do business is like sailing against the current," he said. "We must keep moving ahead, otherwise, we may regress if we stop."

Therefore, we can not stop, we must keep moving forward and constantly looking for opportunities. "

Guo Henian's own experience is the best interpretation of this passage.

He started his management of sugar and gained the leading position. He did not stop. Instead, he continued to strive for the best. Finally he made great achievements in the fields of hotels, real estate, media and shipping, and created more achievements.

He is still confident about the future.

Xu Qiyun, editor in chief: