Gadang Holdings Berhad (Gadang) was incorporated in Malaysia on 6 October 1993 as a public limited company under the name of Lai Sing Holdings Berhad and was subsequently changed to its present name on 7 November 1997.

Gadang was listed on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 2 September 1994 under the Construction Sector. Subsequently, it was transferred to the Main Board under the same sector on 24 December 2007.

Gadang is an investment holding company while its subsidiaries' core businesses are in civil engineering and construction, property development, water concession, mechanical and electrical engineering services and general trading. As part of the Group's diversification exercise, Gadang had in April 2009 ventured into oil palm plantation through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Desiran Impian Sdn Bhd.