Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai

Chairman, Top Glove Sdn Bhd

 

Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai, aged 57, a Malaysian citizen, is the Chairman and Founder of the Top Glove Group of Companies. The Group was established in 1991 and listed on Bursa Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) on 27 March 2001.

 

Tan Sri Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours in Physics in 1982 from University Malaya, Malaysia, and received his Master of Business Administration in 1985 from Sul Ross State University, Texas, United States.

 

Tan Sri Lim is the driving force behind Top Glove’s resounding success. What started as a glove manufacturing and trading business with only three production lines has under Tan Sri Lim’s visionary stewardship emerged as the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer, capturing 25% of the global market share.

 

The company currently owns and operates 27 factories across Malaysia, Thailand and China with a total of 484 production lines and a production capacity of 45 billion pieces of gloves per annum. It serves a growing network of over 2,000 customers in 200 countries. As at 7^th July 2015, Top Glove Corporation Berhad’s market capitalisation stood at RM4.34 billion.

 

Tan Sri Lim has been actively involved in many associations and organisations in Malaysia.  He has served as Vice President of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) since 2013 and Council Member of the East Asia Business Council (EABC) since 2011. He also currently holds the roles of Honorary President of the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce and Honorary Advisor of the Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.  Most recently, he was appointed as EPF Board Member (2015 to 2017) by the Ministry of Finance and Board Member of University of Malaya (2015 to 2018) by the Ministry of Education. Previous positions held include President of the Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers’ Association (MARGMA) from 1997-1999, Vice-President, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of MARGMA, Director of the Association of Malaysia Medical Industries (AMMI) and Board Member of the Malaysia Rubber Board in 1998-1999.

 

A testament to his entrepreneurial prowess, Tan Sri has garnered several awards such as the prestigious accolade Master and Country Entrepreneur of Malaysia for the Year, by Ernst and Young in 2004; Entrepreneur of the Year at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2008; The BrandLaureate Brand Icons Leadership Award in 2011; Manufacturer Man of the Year 2013 by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation and most recently, the Asian Icon Award (World Class Entrepreneur) in 2014.

 

In recognition of his vast contributions to the nation’s economic development, in 2007 he was conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Panglima Setia Mahkota (P.S.M) which carries the title “Tan Sri” by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia.

 

Personal Motto for Success: “Work is my Hobby, Exercise is my Duty, Health is my Wealth”