Pansy Ho
Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king ( Chinese 何超瓊 / 何超琼 , Pinyin Hé Chāoqióng , Yale Hòh Chīu-kíng ; born August 26, 1962 in Macau , Portugal ) is a Hong Kong-Canadian entrepreneur and billionaire . Her father is the Macau entrepreneur Stanley Ho .
Youth and education
Pansy Ho is the oldest of five children of Stanley Ho and Lucina Laam King Ying. She has three sisters and one brother. Her third sister Josie is a singer and her brother Lawrence is also an entrepreneur.
Ho attended St. Paul's Convent School for girls in Causeway Bay , Hong Kong . Then she went to the girls' school Castilleja School in Palo Alto , USA and the Santa Clara University , from which she graduated with a Bachelor in Marketing and Business.
Working life
In 1981, Ho began a brief career in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, starring with actor Danny Chan, who at the time had been on the Hong Kong TVB TV series Breakthrough ( Chinese 突破 ) for two years .
In 1988 she founded her own public relations company. Despite her father's objections, Pansy Ho helped her sister Josie Ho build a career as a singer in the early 1990s .
Pansy Ho owns 29% of MGM Grand Macau. The business relationship with MGM Mirage was problematic for him. Nevada's Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission held long hearings on the MGM-Ho partnership in March 2007, which indicated it was a suitable business partner. Nonetheless, she was banned from gambling in New Jersey in March 2010 because the state gambling authority concluded that her father had extensive links to organized crime. MGM Mirage has been ordered to stop doing business with Pansy Ho.
Other activities
Ho is the chairman of the French Macao Business Association. The Johnson & Wales University in Providence , United States awarded her in May 2007, an honorary doctorate. In April 2009, Ho became a knight of the French Ordre national du Mérite .
Private life
Ho married Julian Hui in 1991, son of the ship magnate Hui Sai-fun. They divorced in 2000. Towards the end of the marriage, both had new relationships. Ho was with Gilbert Yeung, the son of Albert Yeung, a competitor of her father. Gilbert Yeung's arrest for drug possession at Pansy Ho's birthday party in August 2000 drew unwanted attention to Ho and her relationship with Yeung. Ho's father had also announced in interviews that he would disinherit her if she married Yeung. The relationship was then ended.
Individual evidence
- ^ MGM deal makes Pansy Ho HK's richest woman. In: scmp.com. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ^ Pansy Ho. In: forbes.com. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Tony Wong: Family embroiled in feud over Stanley Ho gambling empire. In: thestar.com. January 28, 2011, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Christopher Cottrell: The Macao maven - China's Power Women. In: www.cibmagazine.com.cn. March 12, 2008, archived from the original on July 7, 2011 ; accessed on November 24, 2019 (English).
- ↑ John Ruwitch: Pansy Ho in the spotlight after opening the $ 25.1 trillion MGM Grand in Macau - The New York Times. In: nytimes.com. January 27, 2008, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Hello! TAI TAI .com - PANSY HO .
- ↑ Alexandra A. Seno: Josie Ho: Tracking a star, from Hong Kong to Sundance - The New York Times. In: nytimes.com. January 8, 2008, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ^ A b Howard Stutz: New Jersey regulators say MGM partner is unsuitable. In: www.reviewjournal.com. May 20, 2009, archived from the original on January 30, 2016 ; accessed on November 24, 2019 (English).
- ^ A b Pansy Ho, Knight of L'Ordre National du Mérite - Consulat général de France à Hong Kong et Macao. In: hongkong.consulfrance.org. October 20, 2011, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ^ Niall Fraser: Pansy Ho to divorce. In: scmp.com. August 31, 2000, accessed November 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ho, Pansy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chiu-king, Pansy Catalina Ho (full name); 何超瓊 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hong Kong-Canadian entrepreneur and billionaire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Macau , Portugal |