Kwok Tak-seng explained
Kwok Tak-seng OBE (12 March 1911 – 30 October 1990) was a Hong Kong businessman. He was the founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties, one of the major property developers in Hong Kong.
Early life
Kwok was born in Macau.[1] The ancestral home of the Kwok family was located in Zhongshan, Guangdong, formerly known as Xiangshan.[2] He emigrated to Hong Kong after World War II.[2]
Career
Kwok partnered with Fung King-hey and Lee Shau-kee to establish Sun Hung Kai Enterprises, a predecessor of Sun Hung Kai Properties in 1963.[3] [4] [5] Sun Hung Kai Properties was publicly listed in Hong Kong in 1972 and soon became one of the top companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong by market capitalisation.[6]
Kwok was appointed OBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours.
Kwok also served as a non-executive director of fellow developer New World Development.[7] [8]
Personal life
Kwok married Kwong Siu-hing. They have three sons, Walter Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Raymond Kwok.
On 30 October 1990, Kwok died of a heart attack. Kwok was 79.[9]
Kwok was succeeded as chairman of Sun Hung Kai by his eldest son, Walter.[10] In 2008, after a very public intra-family tussle, his wife Kwong Siu-hing became chairman.
Notes and References
- Web site: 父郭得勝為新鴻基地產創辦人之一 . zh . orientaldaily.on.cc . 14 December 2018 .
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=GNJhAAAAIAAJ. zh:香港華資財團, 1841-1997. 1997. Joint Publishing (Hong Kong). zh-hant. Feng Bangyan. 9789620414183.
- News: https://wealth.hket.com/article/2302464/%E3%80%90%E5%9B%9B%E5%8F%94%E9%80%80%E4%BC%91%E3%80%91%E6%9D%8E%E5%85%86%E5%9F%BA%E7%82%BA%E4%BD%95%E5%8F%AB%E3%80%8C%E5%9B%9B%E5%8F%94%E3%80%8D%EF%BC%9F%E3%80%80%E5%9C%A8%E6%B8%AF%E7%99%BC%E8%B7%A1%E9%9D%A0%E3%80%8C%E4%B8%89%E5%8A%8D%E4%BF%A0%E3%80%8D. zh:【四叔退休】李兆基為何叫「四叔」？ 在港發跡靠「三劍俠」. 20 March 2019. 21 March 2019. hket.com. instant "wealth" news section. Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings.
- News: https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e8%a6%81%e8%81%9e/article/20190321/s00001/1553107011752/%e6%96%b0%e9%b4%bb%e5%9f%ba%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%89%e5%8a%8d%e4%bf%a0%e3%80%8d%e5%90%8d%e8%81%b2%e8%b5%b7-%e5%9b%9b%e5%8f%94%e8%ba%ab%e5%ae%b61882%e5%84%84. zh:新鴻基「三劍俠」名聲起 四叔身家1882億. 21 March 2019. Ming Pao. Media Chinese International. 21 March 2019. zh-hk.
- News: 5 things about Sun Hung Kai's Kwok brothers and Hong Kong's biggest corruption trial. 8 May 2014. 18 March 2019. The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings.
- http://www.acrc.org.hk/promotional/promotional_shownote.asp?caseref=1102&page=5 Profile of Sun Hung Kai Properties
- Book: 1990 Annual Report. 1990. 11 November 2018. New World Development. Hong Kong. Managing Director's Business Review. 16.
- http://cdn.nwd.com.hk/sites/default/files/ar1989e.pdf 1989 Annual Report
- Web site: Kwok Tak-seng, Executive 79 . nytimes.com . November 1, 1990 . April 8, 2019.
- Web site: Management of Sun Hung Kai Properties . 17 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080405145821/http://www.shkp.com.hk/en/scripts/about/about_mgt.php . 5 April 2008 . dead .
