Biography of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong

     Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong was born at An Xi, Fujian, China. Besides, he was born on February 28, 1918 and he died on October 23, 2007. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong is one of Malaysian billionaire and he is the one who is responsible in developing Genting Highlands as one of the famous casino resorts in the world. He also well known and praised by his courage to develop unexplored hilltop into the most successful resorts in Malaysia.

              During his early age, he also had to face difficulties in his life. This is because his father died when he was 16 years old and things become worse because at that time there was a revolution in China which called Xinhai Revolution. At the age of 19, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong decided to move in Malaya with his cousin Lim Kheng Chong through Xia men in early February 1937. As he arrived in Malaya he tried many jobs to earn a living. As an example, he became a carpenter, building sub-contractor, a farmer , working on a small business or petty trading and others. After struggled with his life, he became successful after joining mining industry.

                His idea to make Genting Highlands as a resort happened during his dinner in Cameron Highlands, he thought that as the standard of living rose in Malaysia, definitely there were more and more people would visit mountain resorts for relaxation and recreation. His efforts were despised by the people as they thought that he could not make it or success. Other than that, people also thought that it was really risky for him who was financially stable to be foolish to invest huge amount of money and time to develop Genting.

                  Despite with all the negative responds and thoughts, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong still proceed with his plan and he is really confident that he will succeed. Besides, Tunku Abdul Rahman , the prime minister of Malaysia at that time appreciate his efforts and impressed by his spirits to develop Genting and helping the government to improve Malaysian tourism industry. All his hard work pays off and he became one of the successful entrepreneur in Malaysia and his company Genting Group is now engaging in others industries such as plantations, property, paper, power generation, oil and gas exploration and cruise industries. On December 31, 2003, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong handed his chairmanship of Genting Group over to his son, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay.