Tan Sri Ong Leong Huat is the group managing director and CEO of OSK Holdings Bhd (OSK) and OSK Property Holdings Bhd (OSKP). OSK Group was established as a small stockbroking company in 1963 before it became a financial services group in 1982. The group then diversified into property development under OSKP in 1997 and was listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia in 2002.

Tan Sri Eddy Chen is as passionate about real estate today as when he first started out in the construction and property development industry more than three decades ago. Chen was appointed to the board of MKH Bhd (formerly known as Metro Kajang Holdings Sdn Bhd) on July 31, 1984 and has been its managing director since 2005.

A successful entrepreneur with a pioneering spirit, Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din, the managing director of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), is a business innovator who has owned and managed businesses in construction, property investment and property development.

In 1965, Mah Sing group managing director Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum founded Mah Sing, a plastic trading firm. Subsequently, he founded the plastic manufacturing division in 1986 and the business grew rapidly with proprietary and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products for the automotive and electrical and electronic industries.

Officially established in the year of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, LBS Bina Group Bhd (LBS) has gone through market highs and lows in the property development sector to emerge as one of the biggest property players in Malaysia.

Tan Sri Lim Kang Hoo is the founder of Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Bhd (IWH) and Ekovest Bhd, where he currently serves as executive vice-chairman and executive chairman, respectively. The self-made businessman and Johor-based property tycoon began his involvement in the construction industry soon after completing his secondary education, assisting in the family construction business.

I-Bhd group executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong began his entrepreneurial journey with his own furniture business, a business he was first introduced to at the tender age of 11.

Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, chairman of Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld), has been in the property industry since 1989. The Economics degree holder majoring in business administration started off as a banker in 1981. After five years in the banking industry, he ventured into property development.

Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew is the founder of Country Heights Holdings Bhd (CHHB). The developer has covered the spectrum of property development and investment properties with residential, industrial, hotel and leisure, commercial and recreation projects under its belt.

With an academic background in building and construction management, Tan Sri Tan Seng Leong began his journey in real estate development in the early 70s before starting his own business in 1978.