What happened to Loke Yew's enormous fortune?
Opinion
02 Oct 2026 • 3:00 PM MYT

You’ve probably driven down Jalan Loke Yew. But did you know the man behind the name was once one of the richest men in Malaya?
He started with almost nothing, made his fortune in tin, and built an empire spanning rubber, property, transport and banking.
More than 100 years after his death, parts of that fortune were still showing up in prime KL land.
Here’s the story of Loke Yew.
