Former The Star journalist Cheah makes it big in hedge fund management


PETALING JAYA: He is one of Asia's most influential men in hedge funds but former journalist turned maverick investor Cheah Cheng Hye (pic) has not forgotten his humble roots.

As a 12-year-old, he sold pineapples at a wholesale market in George Town after school, worked at a hawker stall and gave tuition to younger children to help support his siblings after his father died.

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