Kadoorie family explained

The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (Hebrew: כדורי, Arabic: خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family, originally Jews from Baghdad, Iraq.^[1] From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.^[2]

Family members

The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals:

• Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
• Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman, married Laura Mocatta, 3 children
  • Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
    • Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
      • Andrew McAulay (born 1967)
    • Michael Kadoorie (born 1941), businessman and philanthropist,^[3] married Cuban-American Betty Tamayo, 3 children
      • Bettina Kadoorie
      • Natalie Louise Kadoorie (born 1986), married to Diego Alejandro Gonzalez Morales^[4]
      • Philip Lawrence Kadoorie (born 1992)
  • Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900)
  • Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
• Reuben Ezekiel Kadoorie, married Catherine Lee Wai-Ying, 1 child
  • Rosa Kadoorie was married to American adventurer Hilaire du Berrier.^[5]

Philanthropy

Kadoorie family has donated, in the 1990s, US$500,000 for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.^[6]

In 1961, in times of drought in Hong Kong, Mr. Kadoorie donated cement and pipes and the Yim Tin Tsai villagers contributed money and effort and laid the water mains that deliver water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.^[7]

Enterprises

Enterprises founded by the family:

• CLP Group^[8]
• Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
  • The Peninsula Hotels^[9]

See also

• Kadoorie Agricultural High School
• Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie
• Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
• Shanghai Ghetto

Notes and References

1. News: Lawrence Kadoorie, 94, Is Dead; A Leader in Hong Kong'g Growth. The New York Times. 26 August 1993 . 23 February 2017.
2. Web site: Kadoorie family 2016 Asia's Richest Families. Forbes.com. 23 February 2017.
3. Web site: Michael Kadoorie. philanthropies.org.
4. Web site: Diego Alejandro González Morales – Non-Executive Director . Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Leadership.
5. Web site: Hilaire (Hal) du Berrier (Harold Berry) ◆ Dates: 1935–1991 ◆ Collection Number: MSS 10487 . State Historical Society of North Dakota. Mr. du Berrier was married to Rosa Kadoori of Shanghai. They are survived by their daughter Jeanette du Berrier Cholewa..
6. Web site: 2010-06-26. USF Center for the Pacific Rim :: Pacific Rim Report No.23. 2021-01-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20100626102631/http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/research/pacrimreport/pacrimreport23.html. 2010-06-26.
7. Book: Yim Tin Tsai Oral History Project - Living in Yim Tin Tsai . Centre for Catholic Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong . 11 . English.
8. Web site: Board of Directors. clpgroup.com. 23 February 2017.
9. Web site: Bermant. Yoel. Sir Michael Kadoorie Brings His Peninsula Hotel Group to Europe for the First Time. Jewishbusinessnews.com. 27 June 2014 . 23 February 2017.