Kwok Tak-seng
Kwok Tak-Seng | ||||||||||
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| Born | 12 March 1911 | |||||||||
| Died | 30 October 1990 (aged 79) | |||||||||
| Known for | Sun Hung Kai Properties | |||||||||
| Spouse(s) | First: Wong Sau-king Second: Kwong Siu-hing | |||||||||
| Children | Son: Walter, Thomas and Raymond Daughter: Kwok Yin-ping, Kwok Yuen-kwan and Kwok Yuen-yee | |||||||||
| Chinese name | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 郭得勝 | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郭得胜 | |||||||||
| Jyutping | Kwok Tak1 Seng1 | |||||||||
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Kwok Tak-seng
property developers
in Hong Kong.
Early life
Kwok was born in Macau.[1][unreliable source?] The ancestral home of the Kwok family was located in Zhongshan, Guangdong, formerly known as Xiangshan.[2] He emigrated to Hong Kong after World War II.[2]
Career
Kwok partnered with
market capitalisation.[6]
Kwok was appointed OBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours.
Kwok also served as a non-executive director of fellow developer New World Development.[7][8]
Personal life
Kwok married Kwong Siu-hing. They have three sons, Walter Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Raymond Kwok.
On 30 October 1990, Kwok died of a heart attack. Kwok was 79. [9]
Kwok was succeeded as chairman of Sun Hung Kai by his eldest son, Walter.[10] In 2008, after a very public intra-family tussle, his wife Kwong Siu-hing became chairman.
References
- ^ a b "父郭得勝為新鴻基地產創辦人之一" (in Chinese). orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9789620414183.
- ^ 【四叔退休】李兆基為何叫「四叔」？ 在港發跡靠「三劍俠」. instant "wealth" news section. hket.com. Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ 新鴻基「三劍俠」名聲起 四叔身家1882億. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Media Chinese International. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "5 things about Sun Hung Kai's Kwok brothers and Hong Kong's biggest corruption trial". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Profile of Sun Hung Kai Properties
- ^ "Managing Director's Business Review". 1990 Annual Report (PDF). Hong Kong: New World Development. 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ 1989 Annual Report
- ^ "Kwok Tak-seng, Executive 79". nytimes.com. 1 November 1990. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Management of Sun Hung Kai Properties". Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.