Kwong Siu-hing facts for kids
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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 respected leader of the Kwok family. This family controls a very large company in Hong Kong called Sun Hung Kai Properties. This company is one of the biggest builders of homes and buildings in Hong Kong.
As of 2008, Kwong Siu-hing was in charge of about 41.53% of Sun Hung Kai Properties' shares. She managed these shares through a special family arrangement. This made her the company's biggest shareholder. In July 2020, her wealth was estimated to be around 12.1 billion dollars.
About the Kwok Family
Kwong Siu-hing is the wife of Kwok Tak-seng. He was the person who started Sun Hung Kai Properties. She is also the mother of three sons: Walter, Thomas, and Raymond. All her sons also worked as directors in the company.
Kwong Siu-hing moved to Hong Kong in 1947. At that time, Hong Kong was under British rule. She moved just before a big war started in mainland China.
Leadership in the Company
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 took over as the chairperson of Sun Hung Kai Properties. She replaced her son Walter in this important role. She stayed in this position until late 2011.
The Kwok family is known for its wealth. In 2017, Forbes magazine ranked the Kwok family as the third richest family in Asia. Their total wealth was estimated at US$40.4 billion.
Her sons, Thomas and Raymond, were also very successful. In 2018, they were ranked as the fourth richest people in Hong Kong. Walter Kwok, her other son, was also very wealthy. He was ranked 10th in Hong Kong and 190th in the world by Forbes. His wealth was estimated at US$8 billion at that time. In February 2019, Kwong Siu-hing herself was ranked 78th on the list of billionaires. She was also 5th on the list of Hong Kong's 50 richest people, with a net worth of 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 important families in Hong Kong.
