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A Random Walk Down Connaught Road?

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Philip Bowring
Apr 25, 2008
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“Do you sincerely want to be rich?” The once-notorious fund manager Bernie Cornfeld answered his own question by advising those who did: “Don’t fool around with light globes or steel, work directly with money.”

Malaysian journalist-turned-fund-manager Cheah Cheng Hye seems to have followed that advice, ending up as the most highly paid person at any list…

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