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Yuke Xie

Kuok Hui Kwong, daughter of Malaysia’s richest man, Robert Kuok Hock-nien, has been named CEO of luxury hotel group Shangri-La Asia, effective August 1.
Kuok, 47, has been serving as Shangri-La Asia’s executive director since June 2016 and chairman since January 2017, according to a Wednesday filing with Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Shangri-La Asia is listed in Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Harvard-educated Malaysian, the sixth of Robert Kuok’s eight children, took the helm of the luxury hotel chain after former CEO Lim Beng Chee stepped down at the end of 2022. Lim remained on the board as a non-executive director, according to the filing.
Under her current contract, Kuok is entitled to a monthly base salary of HK$576,000 (US$73,376), plus a discretionary bonus and pension.
Kuok holds an interest of more than 5 per cent in Kerry Group, a major shareholder of Shangri-La Asia, which operates and manages more than 100 hotels worldwide under four brands: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Kerry Hotels, JEN and Traders.
Founded as a single hotel in Singapore in 1971, Shangri-La Asia reported 2024 revenue of US$2.19 billion, up 2 per cent from a year earlier, while its net profit fell 12.3 per cent to US$161.4 million, according to its annual report.
The company attributed the higher revenue to recoveries in Hong Kong and the Philippines, though that was offset by declines in mainland China, Singapore and the UK.
At the end of last year, Shangri-La Asia had around 25,500 employees, a 2.3 per cent decline from a year earlier. The company reportedly laid off “the least number of people in the industry” amid efforts to support its employees during the Covid-19 pandemic, Kuok said in a 2023 interview.
Kuok also managed the South China Morning Post as chief executive from January to June 2012. Alibaba Group Holding acquired the Post and other media assets in December 2015 from SCMP Group, which was then controlled by the Kuok family’s flagship, Kerry Holdings.
According to Forbes magazine, Robert Kuok was the richest Malaysian in 2025 with a net worth of US$11.4 billion.


Corrects date in the ninth paragraph to 2012.


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Kuok has been Shangri-La Asia’s executive director since June 2016 and chairman since January 2017


Kuok has been Shangri-La Asia’s executive director since June 2016 and chairman since January 2017.


Kuok Hui Kwong, daughter of Malaysia’s richest man, to lead hotel group Shangri-La Asia

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Kuok has been Shangri-La Asia’s executive director since June 2016 and chairman since January 2017