17-05-2025
Big dreams in snow country: Singaporean investor is betting big on Japan's tourism future
Ken Chan is the former head of GIC Japan. His private equity firm, Patience Capital Group, has been buying up land in two ski mountains in central Japan. His goal? To develop them into world-class skiing and all-season holiday destinations.
C hinese Singaporean Ken Chan is, by his own admission, 'as Japanese as I can get'.
Born in Tokyo, where his father worked as a doctor, he spent the first six years of his life immersed in Japanese language, food and culture.
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