{"id":1557,"date":"2026-01-20T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/tan-sri-teh-hong-piow-named-the-greatest-malaysian-banker-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:03:07","slug":"tan-sri-teh-hong-piow-named-the-greatest-malaysian-banker-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/tan-sri-teh-hong-piow-named-the-greatest-malaysian-banker-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow Named the Greatest Malaysian Banker of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Pacific Brands Foundation has named Public Bank\u2019s Founder and Chairman, Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow \u2018The Greatest Malaysian Banker of All Time\u2019 on March 10, 2018, during the Public Bank Management Seminar Dinner held at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. KK Johan, President of the BrandLaureate, presented the award to Teh in the presence of more than 4,000 staff of the Public Bank Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Johan in his citation speech said, \u201cFor the past 50 years, there is no other banker extraordinaire that has steadfastly grown the bank to record breaking feats, positive growth year after year and for 2017, achieved a net profit to RM5.47 billion reached through organic growth and brilliant strategic moves\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brilliant mind of Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow has no match and his astounding knowledge of the banking industry puts him ahead of the competition. Without Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow and Public Bank, I daresay that Malaysia\u2019s banking industry and the country\u2019s economy would not be what it is today. He defines banking leadership and with his principles and philosophy has set standards of good banking practices, which is emulated and respected by his peers, added Johan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In applauding Tan Sri Chairman\u2019s latest award, Public Bank Managing Director Tan Sri Tay Ah Lek said, \u201cOn behalf of the Board of Directors, Management and staff of Public Bank Group, I wish to express our heartiest and heartfelt congratulations to Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow for being bestowed this BrandLaureate\u2019s \u2018The Greatest Malaysian Banker of All Time\u2019 Award tonight\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur chairman has contextual intelligence, a profound ability to understand the spirit of the times and harness the opportunities they present to create a successful organisation. These are the attributes that have enabled Public Bank to make stellar returns and create significant value for stakeholders over the years\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Pacific Brands Foundation has named Public Bank\u2019s Founder and Chairman, Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow \u2018The Greatest Malaysian Banker of All Time\u2019 on March 10, 2018, during the Public Bank Management Seminar Dinner held at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre.\u00a0 Dr. KK Johan, President of the BrandLaureate, presented the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4870,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/4870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}