Cheong Fatt Tze

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Cheong Fatt Tze
張弼士
Born	Chang Chin Hsun c. 1840 Dabu County, Guangdong province, Qing China
Died	1916(1916-00-00) (aged 75–76) Batavia, Dutch East Indies.
Burial place	China
Occupation(s)	Industrialist, politician and philanthropist
Spouse	8
Children	14

Cheong Fatt Tze (born Chang Chin Hsun; c. 1840–1916), also known as Tjong Tjen Hsoen, Thio Tiauw Siat or Zhang Bishi was a Chinese industrialist, politician and philanthropist. Spending the majority of his life residing in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, he was a powerful Nanyang business magnate and a first-class Mandarin of China; he was made Consul-General in Singapore and economic advisor. He was once regarded as the richest man in Malaya, with a reputed net worth of 80 million taels worth of silver (equivalent to approximately $2.4 billion today), which brought him the moniker "the Rockefeller of China". He died in Batavia from pneumonia.