Low Tuck Kwong
Low Tuck Kwong | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and president director of Bayan Resources |
Low Tuck Kwong (born 17 April 1948)[1] is an Indonesian billionaire businessman who is the founder and president director of Bayan Resources, a coal mining company in Indonesia. Low worked at his father's construction company in Singapore as a teenager and then moved to Indonesia in 1972 for greater opportunities. He is ranked as the third-richest person in Indonesia and 66th richest person in the world by Forbes magazine, with a net worth of US$27 billion as of 2024.[2][3][4]
Low bought his first coal-mine concession in Kalimantan (the Indonesian side of Borneo) in the 1990s.[5] In 2024, Bayan reported producing 56.9 million tons of coal, nearly 7% of the country's total production of 832 million tons.[6][7]
In 2023, the Low Tuck Kwong Foundation gave S$127.6 million to educational and healthcare causes, and was the largest private giver of all Singapore's philanthropic organisations.[8]
In August 2024 Low transferred a stake in Bayan, worth $6.6 billion at the time, to his daughter Elaine.[2]
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- ^ a b "Low Tuck Kwong - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
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- ^ Wibisono, Ardian. "Indonesian Coal Billionaire Low Tuck Kwong Mines Super-Profits To Become The Country's Second Richest Person". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ "The Billionaire Mining Magnate Who Bet Coal Had a Future—And Won Big". Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Gurky, Romel (4 March 2025). "Bayan reports higher coal output, sales in 2024". Petromindo. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Rinaldi, Renold (9 January 2025). "Indonesia coal production 2024 sets the highest record in history". Indonesia Business Post. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Philanthropic donations jumped 96%, Low Tuck Kwong Foundation the largest giver: Report". The Straits Times. 2024-12-06. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-05-08.