Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Lee Kong Chian (Chinese: 李光前; Mandarin Pinyin: Lǐ Guāngqián; Jyutping: Lei5 Gwong1-cin4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kong-tsiân; 18 October 1893 - 2 June 1967), alias Lee Geok Kun (Chinese: 李玉昆; Mandarin Pinyin: Lǐ Yùkūn; Jyutping: Lei5 Juk6-gwan1), was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist active in Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was the founder of the Lee Foundation, and was one of the richest men in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the son-in-law of Tan Kah Kee.
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