GOH CHENG LIANG

WHY HIM? Goh has interests in real estate, property development and logistics, and his holding company, Wuthelam, has a 39 per cent stake in Japan’s Nippon Paint Holdings, which forms the bulk of his US$6.8 billion fortune. Through the Goh Foundation, which he founded in 1994, the 91-yearold philanthropist supports initiatives in education, medical research and community development. In 2014, he gave S$50 million (about US$36M) to the National Cancer Centre Singapore—its largest single donation to date—the majority of which will go towards funding Southeast Asia’s first proton therapy facility at the centre’s new premises, which are set to open by 2022 at the Singapore General Hospital campus. The Goh Foundation also underwrites scholarships at several Singapore universities.