Anthony T. Gaw | |
Birth Name: | Anthony T. Gaw |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1941 |
Birth Place: | Burma (now Myanmar) |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., US |
Nationality: | Hong Konger |
Alma Mater: | Purdue University Stanford University |
Occupation: | Businessman, property investor |
Chairman, Pioneer Global Group | |
Spouse: | Rosanna Wang Gaw |
Children: | Goodwin Gaw Kenneth Gaw Christina Gaw |
Anthony T. Gaw (8 November 1941 – 8 February 1999) was a Hong Kong property investor, the chairman and managing director of Pioneer Global Group, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed conglomerate, principally involved in investment in properties and hotels, and related financing.
Gaw was born in Burma on 8 November 1941, and moved to Hong Kong in 1955 aged 13, with his family.[1] [2]
Gaw received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.[1] He studied at Stanford University in California for one year, but finished his master's degree in electrical engineering at Purdue in 1964.[1] [3] He started a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, but stopped after he met his future wife.[1]
Gaw worked for Honeywell in the US for one year, before moving to Thailand to start a textile mill for the family business, after which he moved to Indonesia to start another factory, then he settled in Hong Kong.[1]
Gaw was married to Rosanna Wang Gaw, and they had three children, Goodwin Gaw, Kenneth Gaw, and Christina Gaw. Goodwin Gaw was born in California.[1]
He died on 8 February 1999 in Washington, D.C., after a short illness.[1]