Most Powerful Women Asia

Kuok Hui Kwong

Courtesy of Shangri-La Group
  • Title
    Chairman and Executive Director
  • Company/Affiliation
    Shangri-La Group
  • Country/Territory
    Hong Kong

The vast empire of Malaysia's richest man, Robert Kuok, includes the Shangri-La hospitality chain, overseen by his daughter Kuok Hui Kwong. The younger Kuok sits atop the group's portfolio of 105 hotels, valued at $2.2 billion. She joined Shangri-La's board in 2014, taking the chairman's seat in 2017. After three years of losses amid the pandemic, Shangri-La turned a profit of $184.1 million in fiscal 2023 on the reopening of Chinese borders and strong demand globally.