Coming from poverty yet with a brave heart, Goh Cheng Liang of Singapore, the Nippon Paint tycoon, lived a happy and passionate life. The kind-hearted philanthropist passed away on August 12. The world is remembering him as a respected, private individual in the business community. Many are uncertain about the future of his $13 billion-worth businesses.
Not much of the family is made public, other than his eldest son, Goh Hup Jin. Has this piqued your curiosity about Goh Cheng Liang’s family tree? Dive just right in to know more about Goh’s potential successors.
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Goh Cheng Liang Family Tree
Son of Wu Songchang and Li Xiuying, Goh Cheng Liang was born in 1927 in Singapore. He lived in poverty and spent the early years of his life in a shophouse at River Valley Road. In an interview with Business Times, he said, “My parents were very poor. During the Japanese Occupation, my father was jobless, my mother was washing laundry, and my sister was selling soon kway.”
During World War II, his parents sent him to Johor, where he helped his brother-in-law sell fishing nets. After returning to Singapore, Goh Cheng started multiple business ventures. His life truly changed in 1974 when he founded Wuthelam Holdings and invested in the Japanese paint company, Nippon. Currently, Cheng’s $13 billion worth largely comes from this company.
Goh was also a philanthropist. He established the Goh Foundation in 1995 to support cancer research. He was a cancer survivor himself and promoted donations for welfare agencies.
Goh’s Descendants
Goh Change Liang leaves three children: two boys and a girl. Born in 1952, Goh Hup Jin is the eldest son, better known as the successor to Cheng Liang in the business community. He has been the chairman of Nippon Paint’s South East Asian branch, called Nipsea, since 2018. Hup Jin’s qualifications are from Tokyo University and the University of California.
The second son, Chuen Jin Goh, like his brother, has also had a lengthy career since 2007. After getting his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, Chuen began his career as a non-executive director at Superior Multi-Packaging Ltd. Currently, he serves as a Director at Wigetworks Pte Ltd and the family-owned Goh Foundation Ltd.
After Chuen, Goh Cheng Liang had a daughter, Goh Chiat Jin. She leads a private life and has not been actively involved in the business community. In 2020, she was an investor in the TSI Group Management Limited, alongside his elder brother, Hup Jin.
Apart from this, Goh Cheng Liang has eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; however, information about them is not public. Unlike other business giants, Goh Cheng Liang leads a private life and has been discreet about his family. To his closest ones, he was a humble and private man with a great sense of humor. In interviews, he would say he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
How to Make a Similar Family Tree using EdrawMax?
Making a family tree demands talent. The art of keeping messy relationships organized yet engaging requires skills and a diagramming companion. Tools like EdrawMax can help you with this. Its resizable symbols, picture library, and design assistants keep you covered throughout.
Let’s see how you can replicate a similar Goh Cheng Liang family tree in minutes using this tool.
Before you begin, download and install EdrawMax desktop or try its online version. Log in to the software using your social media accounts or register for a Wondershare account.
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Step 01: Start with a Blank Canvas
Open the dashboard, locate the Home button in the top-left corner.
Click Organizational Chart and choose Family Tree from the on-screen menu.
You can scroll down and find the right template for your family tree. For this tutorial, let’s choose the blank canvas.
Step 02: Arrange Profile Shapes
Once on the editing panel, the first step is plotting the members’ profiles on the canvas. For this,
Locate the Symbol Library from the left side of the canvas.
Find your desired shapes for profiles under the Family Tree section.
Drag and drop them onto the canvas one by one.
Use your cursor to move the profiles and position them wherever you want in the family tree.
Step 03: Label these Profiles
Now that the profiles are arranged in the family tree, proceed to label them.
Double-click just below the profile and start typing.
Do not add extra information. A name, date of birth, or relationship is more than enough.
You can change the font size, style, and color from the on-screen prompt.
Click More and align your text however you like (a semi-circle around the profile, slanted, etc).
Step 04: Build Connections
Connections are crucial in a family tree. It helps your audience make sense of the relationship between people in a family. Good thing, adding them is easy in EdrawMax.
Select any profile and locate its four connection points.
Drag one of these points and link it to another profile.
Change the color, size, thickness, and orientation of your connector from the on-screen prompt.
Step 05: Insert Pictures in the Tree
Congratulations, you are done with the hard part. All that’s left is adding the visuals to your family tree. For this,
Copy the picture of members from any online source and paste it onto the canvas.
Alternatively, if you already have saved images, go to the Insert tab at the top and click Picture.
You can further modify the picture and the frame’s details.
- Crop to shape: Use this button to crop your picture frame to any desired shape (circle, square, etc).
- Adjust: adjust the picture’s transparency, contrast, and brightness accordingly.
- Frame: Modify the frame’s thickness, border, color, and fill.
Step 06: Modify the Design Elements
A good way to make your family tree pop is by adding design elements like background images, changing colors, and so on. Here is how you can do it.
Locate the Design tab at the top.
Change the theme, color scheme, background color, and orientation of the diagram accordingly.
Alternatively, visit the Image libraries from the left side, find a suitable image, and set it as a background image. You can also import an image as you did earlier in step five.
Reduce the transparency of the background image so it does not interfere with the text on the front.
Step 07: Export and Share!
Ta-da, your family tree is all complete. Now, you can download it directly or invite others to view it and give feedback. For this,
Click the Export icon from the quick-access toolbar and choose your desired format.
- MS Office (Word, PPT, Visio, Excel).
- PDF for documentation.
- Graphics (PNG, JPG, JPEG, etc).
Alternatively, click Share from the top-right quick-access toolbar and change the access permission to who can view, edit, and comment on the diagram.
Add emails directly or distribute the system-generated link to whoever you like.
Conclusion
The Gohs of Singapore have taken the media by a huge storm. It’s a perfect opportunity for you to know more about the relationships in the Goh Cheng Liang’s family and how it will impact the business decisions of these people.
Want to learn how you can make a similar family tree? Try EdrawMax. Its editable templates and symbols are specifically designed with beginners in mind.
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