Ho Ching is the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings and the wife of the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.
Background
Ethnicity:
A Singaporean of Chinese descent, Ho hails from the Cantonese dialect group.
She is the eldest child of four children of retired businessman Ho Eng Hong and Chan Chiew Ping. In 17 December 1985, she married Lee Hsien Loong, who later became Singapore's third Prime Minister in August 2004.
Education
National Junior College where she emerged as a Student of the Year and was a President's Scholar.
She graduated from Crescent Girls' School.
Career
She began her career as an engineer with the Ministry of Defence. In 1987, she joined the Singapore Technologies group as Deputy Director of Engineering, and became its President and Chief Executive Officer before retiring in 2001. She later joined Temasek Holdings in May 2002.