Rimbunan Hijau Group

What Rimbunan Hijau Group does

Rimbunan Hijau Group (RH Group) is a privately-held Malaysian multinational conglomerate founded in 1975 by Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King in Sibu, Sarawak. The group began as a timber operation and has grown into a diversified portfolio spanning six core sectors—forestry (upstream and downstream timber), oil palm plantations and mill processing, media and publishing, information and communications technology (ICT) hardware and software, hospitality and tourism, and a long tail of adjacent businesses including aquaculture, mining, biotech, plastic manufacturing, property development, toll road collection, insurance services, and tyre retreading. The group operates in 15+ countries across Asia-Pacific, Oceania, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with particular concentration in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, China, and Russia.

The group sits on four Bursa Malaysia-listed operating companies—Subur Tiasa Holdings Berhad, Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad, Rimbunan Sawit Berhad, and Media Chinese International Limited—which together provide partial public-market visibility into the timber, plantation, and media segments. Wholly-owned subsidiaries include RH Selangau Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd (palm oil milling), Glory-Works Sdn Bhd (halal-certified edible bird's nest processing), and RH Bee Farms Sdn Bhd (beekeeping and honey production). The group's charitable arm, the Rimbunan Hijau Foundation (established 1982), has provided scholarships to over 600 students.

The business model is a hybrid of B2B and B2G commodity sales (timber exports, palm oil and oleochemicals feedstocks, ICT hardware) with consumer-facing recurring revenue (media subscriptions, hotel direct bookings). Distribution is conducted primarily through direct enterprise and field sales teams, supplemented by newsstand and subscription channels for media, and direct hotel bookings for hospitality. The group is family-controlled by the founder and his brothers, with the parent holding company remaining private and no disclosed institutional investors. Parent-level revenue and consolidated employee counts are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Rimbunan Hijau Group

Legal name

Rimbunan Hijau Group

Website

https://rhg.com.my

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rimbunan Hijau Group is a privately-held Malaysian multinational conglomerate founded in 1975, operating across forestry, oil palm plantations, media, ICT, hospitality, and diversified adjacent sectors in 15+ countries through four Bursa Malaysia-listed subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sibu

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Forestry and Timber Operations: Upstream and downstream timber operations including timber exports and timber processing.
2. Oil Palm Plantations: Oil palm plantations and mills processing operations.
3. Media and Publishing: Media and publishing operations including newspaper publications.
4. ICT Products and Services: Information communication technologies hardware and software operations.
5. Hospitality Services: Hotel operations and tourism and leisure ventures.
6. Other Diversified Operations: Aquaculture, general trading, biotech, plastic manufacturing, mining, property development, human capital development, toll road collection, insurance services, and tyres retreading.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia, Rimbunan Hijau Group operates as a diversified multinational enterprise that extracts, processes, and trades timber and palm oil products, publishes media content, distributes ICT hardware and software, and runs hotels and tourism ventures. The group also engages in aquaculture, general trading, biotech, plastic manufacturing, mining, property development, human capital development, toll road collection, insurance services, and tyres retreading.

Product overview

Rimbunan Hijau Group is a diversified multinational conglomerate operating across multiple industries. The company's business portfolio consists of six core sectors: Forestry (timber operations), Oil Palm Plantations (plantation and CPO mill processing), Media (newspaper and publications), ICT (information communication technologies including hardware and software), Hospitality (hotel operations and tourism/leisure ventures), and Other businesses (aquaculture, trading/retail, biotech, mining, property development, human capital development). The group also operates several subsidiary companies including RH Bee Farms (honey production), Glory-Works Sdn Bhd (edible bird's nest processing with halal certification), and RH Selangau Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd. This is not a unified software product but rather a collection of separate business divisions spanning agriculture, resources, media, technology services, and hospitality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Timber Operations Upstream timber harvesting and downstream timber processing operations supplying raw and processed wood products for industrial buyers, manufacturers, and traders.
• Oil Palm Plantations Oil palm plantation operations and crude palm oil mill processing producing CPO for downstream buyers and oleochemicals processors.
• Media Publications Newspaper and publication content produced for media consumers and advertisers.
• ICT Hardware and Software ICT hardware and software distribution offering for enterprise customers in Malaysia.
• Hotel Operations Hotel and lodging operations for travelers, tourism guests, and corporate clients.
• Tourism and Leisure Ventures Tourism and leisure operations packaged alongside hotel stays for travelers and leisure customers.
• Property Development Property development activities within the group's broader investment portfolio.
• General Trading General trading operations across diversified product categories within the group's portfolio.
• Aquaculture Aquaculture operations producing aquatic products for downstream buyers.
• Biotech Operations Biotech activities within the group's diversified portfolio.
• Plastic Manufacturing Plastic product manufacturing as part of the group's industrial activities.
• Mining Operations Mining activities within the group's resource-extraction portfolio.
• Insurance Services Insurance services offered as part of the group's diversified portfolio.
• Tyres Retreading Tyres retreading services supporting automotive and industrial fleet operations.
• Toll Road Collection Toll road collection services for transportation infrastructure operations.
• Human Capital Development Human capital development programs supporting talent and workforce initiatives within the group's operations.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Subur Tiasa Holdings Berhad: RHG's own publicly listed timber subsidiary; included as a structural peer for its standalone timber/oil-palm business profile in Sarawak. (Note: wholly-owned under RHG but operates as an independent listed entity.)
• Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad: RHG-listed timber and palm oil entity; serves as a like-for-like timber and plantation peer from the same Sarawak footprint. (Wholly-owned under RHG; comparable on standalone metrics.)

Direct peers

• Ta Ann Holdings Berhad: Listed Sarawak-based timber and oil palm group with upstream forest concessions and downstream processing. Comparable to RHG's Subur Tiasa and Jaya Tiasa subsidiaries in product mix and geography.
• Samling Group: Malaysia/Sarawak-based diversified conglomerate with timber, plywood, and oil palm operations, founded and family-controlled like RHG. Directly comparable as a tropical-forestry and palm-oil multi-national with similar geographic and capital structure.
• WTK Holdings Berhad: Sarawak-based timber conglomerate with logging, timber processing, and oil palm plantations. Closely mirrors RHG's forestry-and-palm-oil vertical mix within the same Malaysian regional market.
• Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad: Sarawak-based pure-play oil palm planter and miller. Directly comparable to RHG's plantation and CPO milling operations within the same regional value chain.

Broad incumbents

• IOI Corporation Berhad: Major Malaysian integrated palm oil producer with upstream plantations and downstream oleochemical/refining. Closely comparable in CPO value-chain economics to RHG's Rimbunan Sawit operations.
• Genting Berhad: Large Malaysian diversified conglomerate spanning plantations, hospitality, and power. Comparable as a multi-industry, family-controlled Malaysian group with parallel hospitality and commodity exposure.
• Sime Darby Plantation Berhad: Largest listed Malaysian palm oil player with global plantation and downstream operations. Comparable at the plantation/milling segment level, though it is a focused pure-play versus RHG's diversified model.
• YTL Corporation Berhad: Malaysian diversified conglomerate with construction, utilities, hospitality, and digital infrastructure arms. Comparable as a multi-decade, family-led, multi-vertical Malaysian enterprise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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