Thomas Lau | |
Birth Name: | Lau Luen-hung |
Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
Alma Mater: | University of Toronto (BA) University of Windsor (MBA) |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Children: | 2 |
Relations: | Joseph Lau (brother) |
Nickname: | Small Lau/Younger Lau (Chinese: 細劉) |
Office: | Chairman of the Chinese Estates Holdings |
Term Start: | DD-MM-YYYY |
Term End: | DD-MM-YYYY |
Successor: | Joseph Lau |
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Term End1: | DD-MM-YYYY |
Successor1: | Joseph Lau |
Thomas Lau Luen-hung (born 1953) is a Hong Kong business magnate of Teochew descent. He is the chairman and CEO of Lifestyle International Holdings which operates one of Hong Kong's largest department stores, Sogo Hong Kong.[1] He is a member of the Twelfth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanghai Committee and sits on the board of directors for Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[2]
He is the younger brother of billionaire Joseph Lau, the 4th richest man in Hong Kong;[3] and is nicknamed "Younger Lau" (Chinese: 細劉) to distinguish from Joseph, nicknamed "Elder Lau" (Chinese: 大劉), whose name is pronounced the same in Cantonese.
His children, Lau Kam Sen and Lau Kam Shim, are executive directors of Lifestyle International Holdings.[4] [5]