Anthony Gaw Explained

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.

Early life

Gaw was born in Burma on 8 November 1941, and moved to Hong Kong in 1955 aged 13, with his family.[1] [2]

Education

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: John Norberg. Three Tigers and Purdue. 8 August 2017. 1999. Purdue University Press. 978-0-931682-76-6. 94–96.
  2. Web site: Anthony T Gaw - February 8, 1999 Obituary - NewspaperArchive®. newspaperarchive.com. 22 August 2017. 25 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063433/https://newspaperarchive.com/anthony-gaw-obituary-239559572/. dead.
  3. Web site: Looking to China's past for today's growth. The New York Times. 3 November 2017.