Family
Teo is married to Chew Poh Yim. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in biochemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1977. She is a director of a business consultancy and teaches marketing management in the School of Business Management at Nanyang Polytechnic on a part-time basis. The couple has one son and one daughter.
Teo's father Teo Cheng Guan was the Chairman of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) from 1989 to 1991. His great-granduncle Teo Eng Hock was a rubber magnate who lent Sun Yat-sen the use of his villa (now known as Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall) as the Singapore branch of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance).
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