Kadoorie family
The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (Hebrew: כדורי, Arabic: خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong–based family, originally Jews from Baghdad, Iraq.[1] From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.[2]
Family members
[edit]The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals:
- Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
- Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman, married Laura Mocatta, 3 children
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
- Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
- Andrew McAulay (born 1967)
- Michael Kadoorie (born 1941), businessman and philanthropist,[3] married Cuban-American Betty Tamayo, 3 children
- Bettina Kadoorie
- Natalie Louise Kadoorie (born 1986), married to Diego Alejandro Gonzalez Morales[4]
- Philip Lawrence Kadoorie (born 1992)
- Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
- Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900)
- Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
- Reuben Ezekiel Kadoorie, married Catherine Lee Wai-Ying, 1 child
- Rosa Kadoorie was married to American adventurer Hilaire du Berrier.[5]
Philanthropy
[edit]In the 1990s the Kadoorie family donated US$500,000 for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.[6]
During the 1961 drought in Hong Kong, Kadoorie donated cement and pipes to the Yim Tin Tsai villagers who also contributed money and effort to lay the water mains delivering water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.[7]
Enterprises
[edit]Enterprises founded by the family:
See also
[edit]- Kadoorie Agricultural High School
- Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
- Shanghai Ghetto
References
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- ^ "Lawrence Kadoorie, 94, Is Dead; A Leader in Hong Kong'g Growth". The New York Times. 26 August 1993. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Kadoorie family 2016 Asia's Richest Families". Forbes.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Michael Kadoorie". philanthropies.org.
- ^ "Diego Alejandro González Morales – Non-Executive Director". Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Leadership.
- ^ "Hilaire (Hal) du Berrier (Harold Berry) ◆ Dates: 1935–1991 ◆ Collection Number: MSS 10487". State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Mr. du Berrier was married to Rosa Kadoori of Shanghai. They are survived by their daughter Jeanette du Berrier Cholewa.
- ^ "USF Center for the Pacific Rim :: Pacific Rim Report No.23". 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Yim Tin Tsai Oral History Project - Living in Yim Tin Tsai. Centre for Catholic Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. p. 11.
- ^ "Board of Directors". clpgroup.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Bermant, Yoel (27 June 2014). "Sir Michael Kadoorie Brings His Peninsula Hotel Group to Europe for the First Time". Jewishbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
