Late Nippon Paint tycoon’s fortune makes six grandchildren billionaires


HONG KONG: An academic in New York and the founder of a Bali charity are among six people who inherited stakes in the paint empire built by Singapore’s second-richest man.

The six are grandchildren of the late tycoon Goh Cheng Liang, who died in August aged 98, and who have each inherited stakes worth more than US$1bil per person in a publicly traded firm.

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