An enthusiastic person with a wide circle of friends, Ding was a self-made man who ran rice milling and rubber businesses that made him one of the richest men in Singapore.
經營碾米廠及橡膠事業的丁馬成，不僅是新加坡的富商之一，同時他以熱忱的性格廣結善緣，在商政界都有良好關係。