Henry Fok

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Henry Fok Ying Tung ( Chinese  霍英東  /  霍英东 , Pinyin Huò Yīngdōng , Jyutping Fok 3 Jing 1 dung 1 ; born May 10, 1923 in Hong Kong ; † October 28, 2006 in Beijing ) was a Chinese entrepreneur . He was intermittently Vice-President of the Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese People and President of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong ( Chamber of Commerce ).

Life

After the Second World War, Fok became successful in business and founded various companies. He made high profits in particular during the Korean War by circumventing the UN embargo on the People's Republic of China. He had started out as a shipowner and later made money in the construction, real estate, oil industries and casino operator in Macau .

From March 1993, Fok was Vice President of the Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese People . He was President of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and President of the Hong Kong Football Association and President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong. Together with his business partner Stanley Ho , he owned major casinos in Hong Kong and Macau . According to US Forbes Magazine , Fok was one of the richest Chinese people in 2005 and was listed in The World's Billionaires .

Fok was married in three marriages and had thirteen children. His son Thomas Fok was convicted of arms smuggling into the United States in the 1990s. His son Timothy Fok is the current president of the Hong Kong Football Association . Fok died of cancer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Cheng - A life that reflected change, October 30, 2006: (English) [1] In: The Standard - ( Memento ) accessed on October 2, 2013 - Online
  2. ↑ Jonathan Cheng - Flag honor as Henry Fok comes home for final time, November 1, 2006: (English) [2] In: The Standard - ( Memento ) accessed on March 23, 2019 - Online
  3. ↑ Henry Fok's short biography - 霍英東 簡歷: (Chinese) [3] In: china.com.cn, accessed on March 23, 2019 - online
  4. ↑ Henry Fok's legendary life - 霍英东 的 传奇 人生: (Chinese) [4] In: news.xinhuanet.com - ( Memento ) accessed on March 23, 2019 - Online


Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Fok is the family name here, Ying-Tung is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Fok, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fok Ying Tung, Henry (full name); 霍英東 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2006
Place of death Beijing