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Kwong Siu-hing
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Kwong Siu-hing (centre) flanked by Timothy Fok (left) and her son, Thomas (right) in July 2008
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Kwong Siu-hing (鄺肖卿)
December 2, 1929 Hua County, Guangdong, China
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| Occupation | Company director | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||
| Board member of | Sun Hung Kai Properties (former chairperson and non-executive director) | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Kwok Tak-seng | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄺肖卿 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邝肖卿 | ||||||||||
| Jyutping | kwong3 ciu3 hing1 | ||||||||||
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Kwong Siu-hing, also known as Kwok Kwong Siu-hing, was born on December 2, 1929. She is the head of the Kwok family. This family controls Sun Hung Kai Properties, which is one of the largest companies that builds properties in Hong Kong. As of 2008, Kwong Siu-hing owned a big part of the company, about 41.53% of its shares. This made her the largest shareholder. In July 2020, her wealth was estimated to be around 12.1 billion dollars.
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About Kwong Siu-hing's Family
Kwong Siu-hing is the wife of Kwok Tak-seng, who started the company Sun Hung Kai Properties. She is also the mother of three sons: Walter, Thomas, and Raymond. All her sons have worked as directors in the family company. She moved from mainland China to British Hong Kong in 1947.
Her Role at Sun Hung Kai Properties
Before 2008, Kwong Siu-hing had not been on the board of directors for any company in Hong Kong. However, on May 27, 2008, she became the chairperson of Sun Hung Kai Properties. She took over this role from her son Walter. She held this important position until late 2011, when she stepped down. Later, the family's wealth was shared among her sons.
The Kwok Family's Wealth
The Kwok family is known for being very wealthy. In 2017, Forbes magazine listed them as the third richest family in Asia. Their total wealth was about US$40.4 billion.
In 2018, her sons Thomas and Raymond were ranked as the fourth richest people in Hong Kong by Forbes. They were also ranked 77th among the world's billionaires, with about US$16.5 billion. Her other son, Walter Kwok, was ranked 10th in Hong Kong and 190th in the world, with an estimated US$8 billion. In February 2019, Kwong Siu-hing herself was ranked 78th on the Billionaires list and 5th on Hong Kong's 50 Richest list, with US$15.1 billion.
Sadly, Kwong Siu-hing's son Walter passed away on October 20, 2018.
See also
- Four big families of Hong Kong § Other definitions, which talks about some important families in Hong Kong.
