Education
Born into an ethnic Chinese family in Penang, Malaysia in 1954, Cheah attended the Penang Free School (Form One to Form Five).
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Cheah Cheng Hye
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Career
In 2010, it was the second biggest private fund managing company in the continent. Currently, Cheah manages the Value Partners Classic Fund and other funds of the Group. After graduation, he joined The Star (Malaysia) newspaper as subeditor and editorial writer
In 1974, he travelled from Malaysia to Hong Kong and later became a financial journalist with the Hong Kong Standard, the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
In 1989, Cheah became head of research and proprietary trader at United Kingdom-based brokerage Morgan, Grenfell & Company Cheah is a proponent of value investing.
While Cheah has been influenced by the value-investing idea that was developed by Columbia Business School professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd in their text Security Analysis, he adopted the method for Asian markets. In 2010, he was invited by the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Doddd Investing of the Columbia Business School to give a keynote speech, titled "Value-investing: Making it work in China and Asia", at the annual Graham & Dodd Breakfast.
2013: Conferred the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN) that carries the title "Dato’ " by the government of Penang, Malaysia
2013: Received an Honorary Fellowship from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for his contribution to the university and society
2011: Awarded "Best of the Best Region Awards - Chief Information Officer of the Year in Asia" by Asia Asset Management
2009-2010: Named in the top "25 Most Influential People in Asian Hedge Funds" by AsianInvestors
Cheah has also been given nicknames by the Chinese media including "Goldfinger" (金手指) and "the Warren Buffett of Asia" (亞洲畢菲特).
Membership
Cheah also holds public office positions in Hong Kong as a non-official member of the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council and a member of the School Advisory Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Business School.
