Q uek Leng Chan is a powerful Malaysian billionaire who is the chairman of the Hong Leong Group (Malaysia), one of the country's largest and most diversified conglomerates. A lawyer by training, he inherited the family's business from his father and has since dramatically expanded its reach and scale. He is renowned for his sharp business acumen and for being a shrewd and often ruthless dealmaker.

The Hong Leong Group has a vast and diversified portfolio of businesses with interests in finance (through the Hong Leong Bank), real estate, manufacturing, and hospitality. He is a major figure in the Malaysian business and financial landscape and is consistently ranked as one of the richest people in his country. He is also a cousin of Kwek Leng Beng, the Singaporean billionaire who runs the separate but related Hong Leong Group in Singapore.