Name
Henry Cheng
Henry Cheng
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Master of Business Administration, The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business | Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
Hong Kong
diversified
$1,300,000,000
1605
#1605 Billionaires 2019
#46 Hong Kong's 50 Richest 2019
Henry Cheng succeeded his late father, Cheng Yu-tung, as chairman of family flagships Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group and New World Development.Cheng chairs at least seven companies in the family network and serves as a director of privately held family investment vehicles.Brother Peter Cheng oversees the family's mainland China property portfolio, which has an estimated value of $16 billion. At least ten family members work in the family network of enterprises, including Henry Cheng's Harvard-educated children Adrian and Sonia. Adrian Cheng is an executive director at both flagship companies and Sonia Cheng is CEO of Rosewood Hotel Group, acquired by New World in 2011.
The late Cheng Yu-tung and his eldest child, Henry, are rare father and son winners of Hong Kong's Gold Bauhinia Medal for service to the city.Henry Cheng purchased a 59.6-carat pink diamond for $71 million in 2017 and renamed it the CTF Pink Star as a tribute to his late father. Chow Tai Fook's Hong Kong Stock Exchange code 1929 commemorates the year of the jewelry chain's founding in Guangzhou, China.
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