Kwok Tak-seng

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.

Kwok Tak-Seng
Born(1911-03-12)12 March 1911
Portuguese Macau[1]
Died30 October 1990(1990-10-30) (aged 79)
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Known forSun Hung Kai Properties
Spouse(s)First: Wong Sau-king
Second: Kwong Siu-hing
ChildrenSon: Walter, Thomas and Raymond
Daughter: Kwok Yin-ping, Kwok Yuen-kwan and Kwok Yuen-yee
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese郭得勝
Simplified Chinese郭得胜
JyutpingKwok Tak1 Seng1
In this Chinese name, the family name is Kwok (郭).

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.

References
  1. "父郭得勝為新鴻基地產創辦人之一" (in Chinese). orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. Feng Bangyan (1997). 香港華資財團, 1841-1997 (in Traditional Chinese). Joint Publishing (Hong Kong). ISBN 9789620414183.
  3. 【四叔退休】李兆基為何叫「四叔」？ 在港發跡靠「三劍俠」. instant "wealth" news section. hket.com. Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. 新鴻基「三劍俠」名聲起 四叔身家1882億. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Media Chinese International. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. "5 things about Sun Hung Kai's Kwok brothers and Hong Kong's biggest corruption trial". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. Profile of Sun Hung Kai Properties
  7. "Managing Director's Business Review". 1990 Annual Report (PDF). Hong Kong: New World Development. 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  8. 1989 Annual Report
  9. "Kwok Tak-seng, Executive 79". nytimes.com. 1 November 1990. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. "Management of Sun Hung Kai Properties". Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
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