KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's 'Casino King' Lim Goh Tong, who turned a jungle hilltop into one of the world's most successful casino resorts, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, a company official said.
"He passed away this morning and we will release a statement after 5:00 pm (0900 GMT)," said the official from his Genting group, who asked not to be named.
Lim developed the hilltop Genting Highlands casino resort in the 1960s and founded the Genting group, which grew to include listed companies on the Malaysian, Singaporean and Hong Kong bourses.
He was ranked 204th on the Forbes 2007 list of billionaires worldwide, with his family's assets valued at 4.2 billion dollars.
