Michael Kadoorie
The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie KB | |
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Born | 1941 (age 82–83) |
Education | Institut Le Rosey |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | 18% owner of CLP Group 47% owner of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Founder and owner of Metrojet Ltd and Heliservices |
Title | Chairman, CLP Group |
Spouse | Betty Tamayo |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie Muriel Gubbay |
Relatives | Ronald McAulay (brother-in-law) Andrew McAulay (nephew) |
Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS (born 1941) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman, and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group, Hong Kong's largest electricity producer.[1][2] He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels.[1] He is a member of the Kadoorie family.
Early life
Born in 1941,
Career
Kadoorie is the chairman of
He is also the chairman of the family's second largest listed group,
He holds a number of directorships in non-Kadoorie companies. He was a member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong and, in 2000, the Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building opened at the university.[5]
Awards
A trustee of the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Kadoorie was made an Officer of the
Car collector
A photography buff, Kadoorie is also a helicopter pilot and a collector of classic cars. He is the owner of a number of rare automobiles, including a Bugatti Type 57, a 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II by Thrupp & Maberly, a 1934 Hispano-Suiza J12 Vanvooren Cabriolet, a 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S, a 1924 Vauxhall 30–98 Tourer, a Talbot T150 CSS Pourtout coupé (ex car of race driver "Pagnibon"), a Rolls-Royce Phantom III with Gurney Nutting body, and a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.[1]
In 1998, he spent two months recovering from serious injuries at the John Radcliffe Hospital in
Personal life
Michael Kadoorie lived in Hong Kong with his
His sister, Rita Laura Kadoorie, is married to fellow Hong Kong billionaire Ronald McAulay.[10]
See also
- Kadoorie family
- List of billionaires
References
- ^ a b c d "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Michael Kadoorie". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Get to know our leaders". clpgroup. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ a b South China Morning Post: "Patriarchs and The Pen", scmp.com. 30 November 2003.
- ^ "Michael David Kadoorie GBS, LL.D. (Hon), DSc (Hon)". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 6 October 2013.[dead link]
- ^ HKU Biological Science Building – Basic Data Archived 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "HKU Honorary Graduates - Graduate Detail". www4.hku.hk. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "【嘉道理家族】米高嘉道理太太Betty Kadoorie辭世 - 香港經濟日報 - 即時新聞頻道 - 即市財經 - 股市".
- ^ Peninsula owner Michael Kadoorie grooming his children as possible successors, SCMP.com, 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Michael Kadoorie's Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Announces New Peninsula Hotel Project in Myanmar". jewishbusinessnews. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.