Tan Sri Dato' Dr
Lee Kong Chian (18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias
Lee Geok Kun, was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist active in Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was the founder of the
Lee Foundation and one of the richest men in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the son-in-law of
Tan Kah Kee, another well-known Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Southeast Asia.