MACAU LOTTERY FOUNDER
Stanley Ho Hung-sun
Born 25 November 1921 is a Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chairman of SJM Holdings , which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa . Stanley Ho is also an entrepreneur in Asia and has held a number of important positions in many firms in HBong Kong and Macau . He is also the founder and Chairman of Shun Tak Holdings , through which he owns many kinds of business including entertainment, tourism, shipping, real estate , banking, and air transport. It is estimated that his businesses employ almost one fourth of the workforce of Macau.
Birth profile
Stanley Ho Hung-sun was born in the well-known He Qidong family in Hong Kong and owns Jewish, Dutch, British, Chinese,
Many ethnic origins follow the maternal lineage of Baoan, Guangdong, according to the traditional ancestry of the He Dong family. The original surname "Bosman" is not the original surname of his family, but the Chinese surname used by his great-grandfather He Shiwen during his stay in Hong Kong. Because he wanted to integrate into the Chinese society, he changed his surname from the generation of his grandfather He Fu.
He Hongshen's father, He Shiguang, is a well-known wealthy businessman in Hong Kong. He is the comprador of Jardine House, a member of the Legislative Council and chairman of the East China Third House. The mother Xian Xingyun is a member of the Xian Defen family.
His grandfather He Fu (also known as He Qifu) was a comprador of Jardine Yangxing and Sassoon Yangxing, and a member of the Legislative Council (Legislative Council). He was one of the five Chinese businessmen at that time. Grandmother Luo Ruicai is a member of the Luo Wenjin family.
The great-grandfather was a Dutch Jew, Charles Henry Maurice Bosman, and the great-grandmother was Shidi from Baoan, Guangdong, China.
Early life
Due to his excellent family background, Ho Hung-sun lived as a young man with no worries about clothing and food, studying at Huangren College, the best school in Hong Kong. Ho Hung-sun is not a child's love of learning was bad grades, after the decline of family financial situation, Ho tasted the inconstancy of human relationships, strenuously study, with excellent results admitted to the University of Hong Kong , and scholarship.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hong Kong fell behind. He Hongshen came to Macao after joining the Hong Kong University School of Science in 1941 to join the work of the Macao Lianchang Trading Company. Because of his fluent English, he held the position of secretary in the company. He Hongshen's memory is very outstanding. At that time, he was able to backtrack more than 2,000 phone numbers in Macau. Coupled with his sociability and circumvention, he quickly became a competent officer of this company and made great contributions to the company. In 1943, he received a 1 million dollar dividend from the company.
Social title
Managing Director of Macau Tourism and Entertainment Company, Chairman of the Macau Jockey Club Board, Chairman of Macau Yiyuan Greyhound Company, Vice Chairman of Macau International Airport Franchise Company, Trustee of Macau Foundation , Vice Chairman of Macau Radio and Television Company , Macau Tourism and Entertainment Corporation Foundation (Recreation, Welfare, Culture and Education) Chairman, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of East Asia (now the University of Macau ), member of the Trust Committee of Jinghu Hospital, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chengxing Bank Co., Ltd.
Executive Chairman of Hong Kong Sind Group , Chairman of Hong Kong Real Estate Association, Chairman of Aberdeen Catering Company, Chairman of Hong Kong Tomson Pacific Group, Chairman of Hong Kong World Trade Center; Trustee of Oriental Foundation, Chairman of He Hong Aerospace Technology Talent Training Foundation, etc.
He has been awarded honorary citizenship in many cities in mainland China, such as Beijing and Guangzhou, and has repeatedly been awarded honorary titles by overseas governments. The honorary honors include the Portuguese Grand Order of the Cross , the British OBE rank, the Holy See of the Holy See I, the knight of France, the French knighthood medal, the Japanese Ruibao Medal, the Malaysian Datuk Seri Honorary Medal, the Macau University of East Asia Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Science, Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, Standing Committee Member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, etc.
Ho Hung-sun is a person with a firm personality, a personable manner, a charm and a strong sense of love. He is the most powerful, most profitable, most famous and longest in the history of Macau's gaming history, and his life is full of legend. At the same time, he also played a very important role in the historical process of Macao's return to the motherland.