Richard Ong Tiong Sin (born 1965) is a Malaysian businessman and investor.[2] He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of RRJ Capital, one of the largest private equity funds based in Asia.[3][4] Richard was also a founder and CEO of Hopu Investment Management, a Beijing-based private equity fund.[5][6]
Career
Early career
Ong started his finance career at Chase Manhattan Bank, where he worked for three years as a mergers banker; he also spent a year at Prudential Bache International.[7]
Goldman Sachs
Ong joined Goldman Sachs in 1993 and became a partner of the firm seven years later.[3] He was later named to the position of co-president of Goldman's Singapore office.[7]
In 2006, Ong was promoted to the position of co-head of Asia investment banking, replacing Bill Wicker, who moved to New York.[3]
Personal life
Ong is of Chinese descent and was born in Malaysia.[8] He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1986 and then an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1989. His brother Charles Ong was the chief strategist of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings[3] and is currently co-CEO and co-chairman of RRJ Capital.
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References
- 厚樸吞建行股份震天下/Hopu 'swallows' CCB shares in shocking move 14 May 2009, retrieved 15 October 2009^
- AFG shares climb with emergence of shareholder having close ties with Temasek The Edge Markets, 2016-04-13, retrieved 2021-06-22^
- Cathy Chan. Goldman's Ong to Step Down as Asia Banking Co-Head