Richard Eu

Richard Eu Yee Ming[1] was born 1947, to a wealthy household. He lived his childhood at the now-demolished Eu Villa, "one of Singapore's largest homes", which was built by his grandfather Eu Tong Sen. His parents were Richard Eu Keng Mun (father, born 1923) and his mother was Diana Eu (1921-2009).[2] The first of four children, Eu went to Anglo-Chinese School Singapore for his primary school education. He then moved to England, where he attended Kent College, Canterbury, as well as the University of London, where he obtained a degree in law (LLB). After graduation, he returned to Singapore in 1971.[2]

Following his return to Singapore, Eu worked for Slater, Walker, a British Merchant Bank which had acquired control of Haw Par Brothers International (now Haw Par Corporation Ltd), a publicly listed company which owned Tiger Balm and other assets. In 1976, he joined his uncle Andrew Eu in Hong Kong in a stockbroking business and Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd. After the passing of his uncle, he returned to Singapore and joined a stockbroking firm, J Ballas & Co in 1977. He later joined another uncle in taking over a group of companies involved in computer sales [3] In 1989, Eu joined Eu Yan Sang, a Chinese traditional medicine firm established by his great-grandfather, Eu Kong.,[4] as a general manager.[2] He led a series of buyouts from 1993 to 2000 and became CEO soon after listing Eu Yan Sang International in 2000. In 2011, he was awarded the title of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Singapore).[5] He is an amateur musician and released an album titled 66 in 2013.[2]

Eu is married to Mary (née Chow; born 1955), with whom he has four children – three sons and one daughter.[2]