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Challenges of Burgeoning Family Offices in Mainland China

With 626 billionaires on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list1 announced on April 6, 2021, Beijing has overtaken New York City to become home to most billionaires in the world. The rapid wealth increase brings a marked increase of family offices, as more and more business families are becoming cognizant of the benefits of establishing a family office to manage their private wealth and other family affairs...

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企業新生代宜慎談家族財富

香港家族企業的傳承與危機應對

在“2020第七屆中國家族企業傳承主題論壇暨中歐第九屆中國家族傳承論壇” 國際研討環節中，香港中文大學家族企業研究中心主任區玉輝教授和香港中文大學榮譽項目總監、研晉教育集團聯合董事總經理Marshall Jen就家族企業有序傳承和危機中的家族企業應對策略等話題進行了討論。

China shadows the rise of Hong Kong's next tycoons

HONG KONG -- Adrian Cheng Chi-kong doesn't like to waste time. The heir to a family fortune of $20.7 billion, he also detests excessive formality and inefficiency. So when the 41-year-old, third-generation tycoon arrives at Cobo House -- an upscale fusion restaurant known for its panoramic sea view overlooking Victoria Harbor -- he shows up in casual Yeezy sports shoes...

Billionaire Richard Li Teams Up With Peter Thiel on SPAC Bet

Billionaire Richard Li, who broke away from his famous father Li Ka-shing decades ago to build his own business empire, is taking a page out of his dad’s playbook by further expanding outside Hong Kong.Since last year, the younger Li has stepped up investment in Southeast Asia, agreeing to pay $3 billion for a Thai insurance business and extending his insurance...

Hong Kong Family’s $3 Billion Buyout Windfall Keeps Paying Off

Nine months ago, Douglas Woo sparked a $3.2 billion overnight surge in his family’s wealth by unveiling plans to take the centerpiece of their Hong Kong property empire private.The biggest decision of the 42-year-old scion’s career is now looking savvier than ever.Woo’s buyout of Wheelock & Co. not only lifted the valuation of a company that had long been saddled...

「家變」？解開家族長青之謎

家變，對於香港老一代企業家而言，是家族內鬥的代名詞。本文所談的「家變」，是指家庭結構的改變，在家族企業傳承中扮演重要角色卻往往被忽略。本文將探討家族如何為長壽、家庭組成和婚姻關係的變化而造成的「家變」做好準備，以達致世代長青。長壽之禍？人口結構變化對家族企業帶來多方面的影響，其中人類壽命的延長值 ...

Why Asian business dynasties struggle with succession

Macau will become the “Las Vegas of the Far East”, predicted Sheldon Adelson, an American casino magnate. In 2019 the Chinese territory’s $30bn in annual casino revenue was five times Vegas’s. Despite a slump in turnover this year as covid-19 emptied parlours, Macau’s rise looks poised to resume. It owes much to Stanley Ho, the charming scion of an illustrious Hong Kong...

Death of gambling king Stanley Ho gives reins of empire to daughter

About an hour after the death of Stanley Ho, the billionaire who built the Chinese territory of Macau into the world’s biggest gambling hub, his large clan gathered in front of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital to break the news. They were also there to send a clear message of unity.The 98-year-old tycoon fathered 16 recognized children with four women he considered...

Disruption-in-Disruptions: Eight actions advisors should bring to their client families

This creates a pattern of disruption-in-disruptions: families are situated in this pandemic while being influenced by long-term disruptions. This pattern offers the potential to catalyze change in business families, not only to manage the short-term crises they are facing, but also to drive deep transformations with impacts that may last for generations.

中小家族企業應對逆境

在20世紀初，香港一直都是人們選擇移民的首選地方，其發達的企業模式正是因為很多前人來港創業，成就了一系列的本地家族企業，當中更產生了很多出名的老字號。現時香港三分二的中小企都是家族企業，那當他們在面對困難逆境時，是如何面對呢？今天介紹的是香港本土單車界的老字號──雲鵬單車。相信對於單車愛好者來說 ...

Hong Kong's Li & Fung plots future as global supply chain frays

HONG KONG -- Even though Li & Fung had been a Hong Kong fixture for more than a century, CEO Spencer Fung never anticipated a cushy job when he took over the world's largest sourcing company in 2014.Still, the problems plaguing the company's sprawling empire, built to connect retailers in the West with manufacturers in the East, have rapidly multiplied.

觀瀾湖集團在中國：傳承家族的偉業與榮光 by Prof. Kevin Au and Mr. Marshall Jen

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