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Ron Sim Chye Hock

Singaporean business magnate and investor (born 1958)

Ron Sim Chye Hock (Chinese: 沈財福, born 1958) is a Singaporean business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Osim International.2

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Born 1958.1

About

In 2013, he ranked twenty-first on Forbes' 2013 list of the fifty richest Singaporeans, with an estimated net worth of US$1.4 billion.

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Companies

Early life and education

Ron Sim Chye Hock was born in 1958 in Singapore. As a child, he sold noodles for a living.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.4

Business career

Sim established the electrical and household appliance company Osim International in 1979. After close to a decade, Osim branched out its operations into Hong Kong, and subsequently the Republic of China.

Sim also owns the China-based Richlife, GNC in Southeast Asia, and the United States-based Brookstone. In 2012, he was listed as thirty-third on Forbes' "Singapore's 50 Richest" list. The following year, he rose to twenty-first. His estimated net worth increased to a billion dollars, mostly due to Osim's shares rapidly soaring.

Other ventures

Sim is an advisory board member of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business in Singapore. He has also been a Committee member of the Nanyang Technological University Enterprise Committee, a board member of both International Enterprise Singapore and Sentosa Development Corporation, and a trustee board member of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Community Charity Fund.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipSingapore5

Sim is married with three children and resides in Singapore.

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Awards

  • 2022Asia's Most Influential Singapore6 7
  • 2021Asia's Most Influential Singapore6 7

Sources

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