Tyres and treasure: Stamford Tyres’ Dawn Wee talks about the soul of business
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Some business stories are about strategy and scale. This one is about something harder to quantify. Dawn Wee, executive chairman of Stamford Tyres, spent four decades building a regional public listed company alongside her late husband Wee Kok Wah, who grew what began as a small family tyre shop into an enduring Singapore story.
In this episode of Lens on Singapore, a video podcast from The Business Times, we sit down with Wee for a conversation that moves between business partnership, grief, resilience and a quietly remarkable charitable initiative that began as an idea in a thrift shop in Palo Alto while her husband was undergoing medical treatment in California.
Why listen
- What four decades of building a business boils down to Wee is candid about the division of roles, the moments that tested both of them and why she mortgaged everything and never once said no to her husband’s ambitions.
- Every business should have a soul The Discovery Shop, a thrift and charity initiative operating out of Stamford Tyres’ Jurong premises, is a corporate social responsibility initiative but Wee explains why it became a healing place for her after her husband’s passing.
- Defining her role as Executive Chairman Wee is clear that she is not there to run the day-to-day. She is there to nurture, to hold relationships and to carry forward a legacy.
- What visitors should take away from The Discovery Shop The answer says a great deal about how Wee now sees the world.
There are many facets to Dawn Wee. This conversation reveals some of the most human ones. Watch now.
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Written and presented by: Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)
With Dawn Wee, executive chairman, Stamford Tyres
Executive producer: Claressa Monteiro
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