What ethnicity is Michelle Yeoh?
What ethnicity is Michelle Yeoh?
Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, to a local ethnic Malaysian Chinese family of Hokkien and Cantonese ancestry. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik (died on 5 November 2014), a lawyer and Malaysian Chinese Association politician, as well as the man behind the express bus service Sri Maju.
Is Michelle Yeoh and Francis Yeoh related?
Early life and family Michelle Yeoh is the daughter of Dato’ Sri Michael Yeoh and Datin Sri Tina Yeoh. She is a niece of Tan Sri Dato’ Francis Yeoh and the granddaughter of billionaire Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Yeoh Tiong Lay, the founder of YTL Corporation.
How do you pronounce Michelle Yeoh’s last name?
Released a single CD in 1993, “Love Quite Like a Comet”, from her movie Butterfly and Sword (1993). Surname, “Yeoh”, is pronounced “yo”. She speaks 3 languages, English, Malay and Cantonese. However, she can’t read Chinese and relies on pinyin (a system of phonetic notation) to pronounce words.
How much is the Yeoh sisters worth?
Michelle Yeoh and Rachel Yeoh have an estimated net worth of $85 million. The sisters are British-Malaysian businesswomen and film producers.
