Rebekah Yeoh Pei Wenn is a Malaysian social entrepreneur, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is a Corporate Finance Director at

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, Deputy Curator at Global Shapers Community Kuala Lampur, and the founder of Nimble Fingers Cambodia and Recyclothes.

Biography

Yeoh is the daughter of businessman Tan Sri Dato'

Francis Yeoh Francis Yeoh Sock Ping (born 23 August 1954) is a Malaysian businessman, and the eldest son of late Malaysia billionaire Yeoh Tiong Lay. He was appointed a managing director of YTL Corporation in 1988 and grew it into a multi-disciplinary ...

and Puan Sri Datin Paduka Rosaline Yeoh. She attended

Garden International School Garden International School (GIS) is a private, co-educational international school in Mont Kiara, Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Founded in 1951, GIS is one of the oldest and most prestigious private schools in Malaysia. GIS is part of the ...

, where she was awarded The International General Certificate of Secondary Education Brilliance Award in 2008. She graduated with a degree in Pure Economics from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. She is a younger sister of Ruth Yeoh and is

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and

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's first cousin. Yeoh works as a corporate finance manager at her family's company

, which was founded by her paternal grandfather Tan Sri Dato' Seri

Yeoh Tiong Lay Yeoh Tiong Lay (; 18 December 1929 – 18 October 2017) was a Malaysian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He founded YTL Corporation, Malaysia's largest conglomerate, with interests in construction, utilities, hotels, property devel ...

. Yeoh's philanthropic work focuses on underprivileged children in India and Cambodia, using economics to work against social injustices faced by poor communities. She is the founder of Nimble Fingers Cambodia, a children's empowerment program and charity which helps underprivileged children in Cambodia learn about finance, disposable income, and savings. In 2013 she joined the Global Shapers Community Kuala Lampur, a branch of the

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, where she monitors four projects focusing on food, transportation, safety, and literacy. Yeoh was appointed as the regional ambassador for Dignity For Children Foundation in 2015. She has served as a core member of the UBS 20/20 Social Impact Group in South East Asia since 2016. In 2016 she co-founded Recyclothes with Ruth Yeoh, Melissa Yang, and Yi Ping Teo to promote

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and re-market disowned clothes to raise money for school uniforms for poor children. Yeoh also promotes exercise as a way for communities to come together.

References

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Rebekah Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

Year of birth missing (living people) Malaysian businesspeople