Genting Highlands-2002

GENTING HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA: Chinese immigrant Lim Goh Tong (L), founder of a billion-dollar empire, stands next to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at the launching of the new First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, north of Kuala Lumpur, 26 July 2002. Lim started his Genting empire with a simple dream to build a small hotel on a hilltop close to Kuala Lumpur and he has now become a legendary billionaire running the only casino in Malaysia and developed at 'City of Entertainment.' 

AFP PHOTO/Jimin LAI (Photo credit should read JIMIN LAI/AFP/Getty Images)