Dato' Seri Cheah Cheng Hye is a Hong Kong-based professional investor and entrepreneur, the co-founder and Honorary Chairman of Value Partners Group Ltd., one of the leading asset management firms in Asia. Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1954, Cheah's early career was highly unconventional for a future financial titan: he worked as a reporter, subeditor, and editorial writer for The Star (Malaysia) newspaper after leaving high school in 1971.

In 1974, he moved to Hong Kong, where he became a financial journalist for publications like the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. This journalistic background in digging up information and synthesizing complex data became his greatest asset. He realized that 'The raw material of our work is information.' This sleuthing skill, honed as a reporter, was the perfect foundation for value investing in the highly inefficient, speculative Asian markets of the 1980s.

Cheah Cheng Hye's financial career began in 1989 when he became Head of Research and a proprietary trader at Morgan Grenfell Group in Hong Kong. Recognizing the immense market opportunity in the highly emotional and speculative Asian capital markets, Cheah and his partner, V-Nee Yeh, co-founded Value Partners in February 1993.

Their mission was to introduce and apply the rigorous, fundamental principles of Western value investing into Asia—a concept Cheah termed 'Investing through discipline.' Their first fund, the Value Partners Classic Fund, racked up gains of 63 percent in its first year. The company grew from just $5 million in initial capital to managing billions, with the Fund outperforming the Hang Seng Index dramatically over two decades. Value Partners became the first value-investing fund management company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) in 2007. Cheah retired as Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer in 2025, cementing his multi-billion dollar fortune and his legacy as a pioneer of professional asset management in Greater China.

Cheah Cheng Hye's social impact is structural, stemming from the role of Value Partners in bringing financial discipline, transparency, and governance to the Asian capital markets. His work helped professionalize the Hong Kong and Chinese investment ecosystems.

His personal philosophy is centered on lifelong learning, integrity, and discipline. His philanthropy, often supporting education and cultural initiatives, reflects his belief that finance serves as the essential bridge that links savings and investment to productive enterprises, thereby serving society.

Dato' Seri Cheah Cheng Hye maintains the highly professional and composed style of a global financial executive. His attire is consistently bespoke, favoring tailored business suits, reflecting the stability and intellectual credibility of the asset management world. His aesthetic is one of disciplined, measured authority.

Residing in Hong Kong, his luxury is the immense security and financial reward derived from his decades of successful investment. His life is defined by his commitment to his value investing principles and his legacy as a financial pioneer who successfully bridged East and West in the capital markets.