students who come from financially challenged backgrounds and have demonstrated a potential to excel in their respective sports. In 2019, Lim further pledged to continue supporting young local athletes for another 10 years from 2021 to 2030 by donating another S$10 million to the SOF-Peter Lim Scholarship. Since the inception of the scholarship, 2642 student-athletes have received scholarships amounting to $7.2 million. Lim further committed a separate $20 million to start a new community project focused on helping children from less privileged backgrounds, with the aim of helping them reach their potential. In 2014, Lim also endowed Nanyang Technological University with S$3 million to fund a professorship in peace studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies to protect and promote harmony in Singapore. References External links Bio at Forbes Write-up at The Wall Street Journal Singapore Olympic Foundation–Peter Lim Scholarship 1953 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Raffles Institution alumni University of Western Australia alumni Singaporean billionaires Singaporean chief executives Singaporean investors Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean soccer chairmen and investors Singaporean stockbrokers Singaporean taxi drivers McLaren people Salford City F.C. chairmen and investors