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Tan Sri Dato' Lim Kok Thay (simplified Chinese: 林国泰; traditional Chinese: 林國泰; pinyin: Lín Guó Tài; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Kok-Thài, born 1951) is a prominent entrepreneur in Malaysia. He is the second son of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, the founder of the Genting Group〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lim Kok Thay )〕 and Puan Lee Kim Fa. ==Career== Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay is the chairman and Chief Executive of Genting Berhad, the holding company of the Genting Group, a conglomerate which is involved in leisure & hospitality, power generation, oil palm plantations, property development, biotechnology and oil & gas business activities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Profile: Lim Kok Thay )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Officer Profile: Lim Kok Thay )〕 He is the co-founder of Genting Hong Kong Limited, formerly known as Star Cruises Limited. Star Cruises, together with Norwegian Cruise Line is the third largest cruise operator in the world, with a combined fleet of 18 ships visiting over 200 destinations in the world, and providing about 35,000 lower berths.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Star Cruises Honored as TTG Asia Awards Travel Hall of Fame )〕 He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from University of London, United Kingdom. He attended the advanced management programme of Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA in 1979.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Profile: Lim Kok Thay )〕 In 1976, he was appointed a director of Genting Berhad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Officer Profile: Lim Kok Thay )〕 Under the founder's and Kok Thay's stewardship, the Genting Group grew from a single listed entity in 1971 to five listed entities (comprising Genting Berhad),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Companies – Genting Berhad )〕 Genting Malaysia Berhad〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Companies – Genting Malaysia Berhad )〕 and Genting Plantations Berhad〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Companies – Genting Plantations Berhad )〕 which are listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia; Genting Singapore Plc〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Disclosure: Genting Singapore Plc )〕 which is listed on the main board of Singapore Exchange and Genting Hong Kong〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Info: Genting Hong Kong Limited )〕 which is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He was appointed the chairman and Chief Executive of Genting Berhad and Genting Malaysia Berhad when the late Tan Lim Goh Tong retired in December 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong )〕 Kok Thay has since expanded Genting's presence globally, especially in the leisure tourism and entertainment industry. Under his guidance, the Genting Group has developed leisure brands such as "Resorts World", "Maxims", "Crockfords" and "Awana", as well as established strategic partnerships with Universal Studios, Hard Rock Hotel, Premium Outlets, Synthetic Genomics and many others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Focus: Genting Group )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Listed Companies: Genting Berhad Annual Report 2010 )〕 In 1990, he assisted the Mashantucket Pequots, a Native American Tribe to establish Foxwoods Resorts Casino in Connecticut, With 340,000 square feet of floor space, the Foxwoods Resort Casino is the largest casino in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The world's biggest casino – The Foxwoods Casino )〕 He guided the expansion works of the Group's first integrated resort, Resorts World Genting, formerly known as Genting Highlands Resort. Resorts World Genting has been voted by World Travel Awards as the "World's Leading Casino Resort in years 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010" and also voted as "Asia's Leading Casino Resort" from years 2005 to 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World's Leading Casino Resort 2009 – Resorts World Genting )〕 In 2005, he expanded Group's presence to the United Kingdom ("UK"). Today, Genting UK Plc is the largest casino operator in the UK with 43 casinos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Profile: Genting UK Plc )〕 In 2006, Tan Sri Lim led his team to win the competitive bid to build and operate Singapore's first integrated resort on Sentosa Island, called Resorts World Sentosa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Genting Group wins Singapore Sentosa integrated resort project, 11 December 2006 )〕 The resort was progressively opened from January 2010〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Singapore's first casino at Resorts World Sentosa opens its doors )〕 and has become a prominent tourist destination in the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Resorts World Sentosa is Asia's ultimate destination, offering a whole new world of truly rewarding experiences )〕 The resort features Southeast Asia's first Universal Studios Singapore, six themed hotels, Maritime Experiential Museum and Aquarium〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Resorts World Sentosa Unveils the Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium )〕 and many more attractions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southeast Asia's first Universal Studios opens in Singapore )〕 Today, under the guidance of Tan Sri Lim, the Genting Group has integrated resort properties in three Asian countries, namely Resorts World Genting in Malaysia, Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore and Resorts World Manila in the Philippines, attracting millions of leisure visitors and creating employment and tourism activities in these countries. The Group has two leisure projects in the United States of America, namely Resorts World New York and Resorts World Miami. Tan Sri Lim was appointed as a Visiting Professor of the UK-based Institute of Biomedical Engineering of Imperial College, London in October 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Minutes of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Council of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine:Visiting Professors )〕 He was also appointed the Honorary Professor of Xiamen University, China in December 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Star Cruises Chairman Appointed As Hon Professor of Xiamen University )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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