David Tang
| David Tang | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1954 |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Sir David Tang, KBE (Chinese name: 鄧永鏘) (Cantonese pinyin: Tang Wing Cheung; Mandarin pinyin: Dèng Yǒngqiāng) (born 2 August 1954) is a Hong Kong businessman and socialite best known as the founder of the Shanghai Tang fashion chain, which he sold in 2006 to Richemont.[1]
Tang's grandfather "founded the Kowloon bus company and became one of Hong Kong’s greatest philanthropists".[2] Tang was sent to The Perse School, Cambridge, aged 13, allegedly not speaking a word of English.[citation needed]
Tang is the founder of the China Clubs (Hong Kong, Peking, and Singapore), the Shanghai Tang stores,[3] Havana House and Pacific Cigar Company Ltd (the exclusive distributor for all Cuban cigars in Asia Pacific).[4] More recently Tang opened the Cipriani in Hong Kong and the China Tang restaurant at the Dorchester Hotel. Tang is also a director and advisor to a number of boards, including Tommy Hilfiger.
Tang was invited to provide a weekly English column for the Chinese-language Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. A selection of his articles has been published in a book An Apple a Week (published July, 2006). He also contributes an "agony uncle" column to the weekend Financial Times, in which he solves readers' social dilemmas in a frequently satirical manner.
Tang was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.[3]
He is the Honorary Consul of Cuba in Hong Kong.[5]
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- ^ "China's rising, and so should Chinese-style fashion, says designer...". AsiaOne. 25 June 2007. http://www.asiaone.com/Just+Woman/News/Beauty+%2526+Fashion/Story/A1Story20070625-15750.html. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ "A Life in the Day: David Tang" The Sunday Times, May 20, 2007. Accessed on 9 July 2011.
- ^ a b Webster, Philip (29 December 2007). "Kylie Minogue and Michael Parkinson lead list...". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3105760.ece. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ The Pacific Cigar Company Limited
- ^ Cuba, Hong Kong government.
