Ho Kwon Ping is the Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, a Singapore-based leisure business group, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels, resorts, spas, residential homes, retail galleries and other lifestyle activities in the region.
Ho Kwon Ping was born in Hong Kong although his father, Ho Rih Hwa, a businessman and diplomat, was born in Singapore. Kwon Ping grew up and studied in Thailand He went on to Tunghai University in Taiwan where the exposure to Chinese culture left a deep impact on him. After a year in Taiwan, he left for Stanford University in the United States.
After returning to Singapore, he did his national service as a combat engineer. He later studied at the National University of Singapore. He is married to entrepreneur and former Nominated Member of Parliament, Claire Chiang. He was on Bloomberg Television's High Flyer interview show.