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Goh Cheng Liang
Singaporean businessman (1927–2025)
Goh Cheng Liang (1927 – 12 August 2025) was a Singaporean billionaire businessman who founded Wuthelam Holdings, which manufactures paint and coatings.2
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Born 1927, died Aug 12, 2025.1
Net worth $21.6B (as of May 6, 2021, per forbes.com).11 Richest people
Early life and education
Goh Cheng Liang was born in Singapore. He is the son of Wu Songchang and Li Xiuying.
He grew up in poverty and sold fishnets and rubber tapper for income. After World War II, he began buying cheap paint from the British army which he turned into a local company.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.3
Goh set up his first paint shop in Singapore in 1955, and became the main distributor there for Nippon Paint in 1962. Wuthelam Holdings, which has interests in the paint business and property development, was founded in 1974 as a real estate concern.
In 2020, his son Goh Hup Jin helped conclude a deal which enabled Wuthelam Holdings to formally take control of Nippon Paint. The merger added approximately $3.8 billion to his overall net worth. According to Forbes, his net worth stood at $12.7 billion as of 2024, making him the second richest person in Singapore.
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Personal life
Goh Cheng Liang lived in Singapore. His Goh Foundation has made large donations to several charitable causes.
He had a son, Goh Hup Jin, who has been the chairman of Nippon Paint since March 2018 and runs their privately held joint venture, Nipsea.
Goh died on 12 August 2025, at the age of 98.
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Awards
Planes and yachts
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Positions, trips and icons: CelebYachts, from public AIS broadcasts. Maps: Esri.
Flight and yacht reports
- Why White Rabbit is stuck in Singapore
CelebYachts report On the record, Oct 5, 2026The name breaks tradition. The hull shows the limits of US building. Sanctions keep her moored. - The fragmented deployment of the Asian tycoon fleetCelebYachts report On the record, Aug 26, 2026AIS broadcasts show nine hulls scattered across eight maritime zones, proving that wealth origin dictates neither operational geography nor seasonal routing.
- How Goh Cheng Liang's family built two White Rabbit YachtsCelebYachts report On the record, Aug 12, 2026The Goh family replaced a 61-metre Tasmanian yacht with an 84-metre Washington hull. This shift tracked their rise to become Singapore’s second-richest…
- White Rabbit's regional trackCelebYachts report On the record, Aug 10, 2026AIS data shows a 61-metre steel yacht operating within fixed coastal boundaries, constrained by hull geometry and managed by an industrial family that treats…
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- 1WikidataGoh Cheng Liang on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGoh Cheng Liang on Wikipedia
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