Nina Wang

Nina Wang ( Chinese 王龔如心 , Pinyin Wáng Gŏng Rúxīn , Jyutping Wong ⁴ Gung ¹ Jyu ⁴ sam ¹ ; born September 29, 1937 in Shanghai , China ; † April 3, 2007 in Hong Kong ), née Kung Yu Sum ( 龔如心 , Gŏng Rúxīn , Jyutping Gung ¹ Jyu ⁴ sam ¹ ), was a Chinese entrepreneur. With an estimated fortune of 9.3 billion euros , she was considered the richest woman in Asia.

In 1955 she married Teddy Wang ( 王德輝 / 王德辉 , Wáng Déhuī , Wang Tei-huei , Jyutping Wong ⁴ Dak ¹ fai ¹ ), with whom she had been together since she was 13 years old . They moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong, where Teddy worked for the family-owned Chinachem , an agricultural chemical company that gradually shifted towards construction and real estate development in the 1960s and became one of the largest privately held companies in Hong Kong. The Nina Towers high-rise complex in Tsuen Wan is named after her.

kidnapping

On April 12, 1983, the couple's car was hijacked. Teddy Wang was held tied to a bed for eight days until his wife Nina paid a ransom of $ 11 million. On April 10, 1990, Teddy was kidnapped again. After his disappearance, Nina Wang took over the management of the company and expanded it further. Teddy Wang was judged dead in 1999, although his body has not yet been found.

Legal battle against father-in-law

Due to the court declaration that Nina Wang's husband, Teddy Wang, is considered deceased after his disappearance, an eight-year legal dispute arose between Nina Wang (aka Nina Kung or Nina TH Wang) and her father-in-law Wang Din Shin (aka Wong Din Shin ). The highest judicial authority for professional proceedings, the "Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal" (HKCFA), revoked the previous judgment of the "High Court of SAR" from 2005 that Teddy Wang's handwritten will was a forgery, thus bringing Nina Wang against this case won her father-in-law, Wang Din Shin, and retained control of Chinachem's family business and real estate.

death

On April 4, 2007, Chinachem announced that Nina Wang had died the day before at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital . The cause of death was not disclosed, but media reports suggest that she suffered from cancer ( uterine cancer ). Nina Wang had no children, but was survived by two siblings. In a will from 2002, Nina Wang bequeathed her fortune, the equivalent of around 3.1 billion euros, to a charity she founded herself.

Legal dispute against Feng Shui masters

Another version of the will emerged, according to which Nina Wang appointed the former Feng Shui master Peter Chan Chun Chuen ( 陳振聰 / 陈振聪 , Chén Zhèncōng , Jyutping Can ⁴ Zan ³ cong ¹ , Cantonese Chan Chun Chuen ) as the sole heir in 2002 . Relatives and acquaintances filed a lawsuit against this. In July 2013, the "High Court of SAR " in Hong Kong ruled - in terms of instance law on the same level as the " Senior Courts of England and Wales " and despite the designation "High Court" with it - Peter Chan Chun Chuen had forged the will, and sentenced him to twelve years in prison.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Nina Wang - The World's Billionaires # 204. In: Forbes Magazine . Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b HK richest lady wins will battle. In: BBC News . September 16, 2005, accessed August 19, 2019 .
^ High Court of the Hong Kong SAR - HCAP 8/1999 - Probate Action No.8 of 1999, Hong Kong: Wong Din Shin vs. Nina Kung. In: legalref.judiciary.hk. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (Chinese, English).
↑ Statements by Courts of Law - A November 21, 2002 judgment in the matter of Wang Din Shin v. Nina Kung, Case No. HCAP8 / 1999 (High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance). In: documentdating.com. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .
↑ sam / AFP / Reuters : Richest woman in Asia - "Little Sweetie" is dead. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . April 4, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
↑ HK richest woman Nina Wang dead. In: BBC News . April 4, 2007, accessed August 19, 2019 .
↑ Donny Kwok, Reuters - Asia's richest woman, Nina Wang, dies - April 4, 2007 ( Memento of April 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
↑ hut / AFP : Richest woman in Asia - Hong Kong legacy sneak - "Seductive charlatan". In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . July 5, 2013, accessed August 19, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wang, Nina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kung Yu Sum (Cantonese); Gong ruxin (pinyin); 龔如心 (Chinese - long and short characters); Wang Gong Ruxin (pinyin); 王龔如心 (Chinese - long and short characters)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	chinese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shanghai
DATE OF DEATH	April 3, 2007
Place of death	Hong Kong

[Milliardärin_01-1] Nina Wang - The World's Billionaires # 204. In: Forbes Magazine . Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .

[Vermögen_Kidnapping_01-2] HK richest lady wins will battle. In: BBC News . September 16, 2005, accessed August 19, 2019 .

[Vermögen_Kidnapping_02-3] High Court of the Hong Kong SAR - HCAP 8/1999 - Probate Action No.8 of 1999, Hong Kong: Wong Din Shin vs. Nina Kung. In: legalref.judiciary.hk. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (Chinese, English).

[Dokumentendatierung_01-4] Statements by Courts of Law - A November 21, 2002 judgment in the matter of Wang Din Shin v. Nina Kung, Case No. HCAP8 / 1999 (High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance). In: documentdating.com. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .

[Ninawang_Tod_01-5] sam / AFP / Reuters : Richest woman in Asia - "Little Sweetie" is dead. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . April 4, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .

[Ninawang_Tod_02-6] HK richest woman Nina Wang dead. In: BBC News . April 4, 2007, accessed August 19, 2019 .

[7] Donny Kwok, Reuters - Asia's richest woman, Nina Wang, dies - April 4, 2007 ( Memento of April 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

[Peter_Chan_Chun_Chuen_01-8] ut / AFP : Richest woman in Asia - Hong Kong legacy sneak - "Seductive charlatan". In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . July 5, 2013, accessed August 19, 2019 .