Sonny Leong, Baron Leong
Sonny Leong, Baron Leong, CBE (born September 1953)[1] is a British Labour Party politician, and the co-founder and co-chair of SME4Labour.
Career
Leong co-founded Cavendish Publishing in 1990.[2] The company made £250,000 in its first year.[2] In 2001, he was appointed managing director of Cavendish Publishing, with a 30-percent stake in the company.[3] By 2003, it was the largest independent law publisher in the United Kingdom.[2]
In 2006, Leong sold Cavendish Publishing to Taylor & Francis.[4] He left Taylor & Francis in 2007 to join One Charter, a private jet business, as a non-executive director.[4]
He was formerly the Chair of Chinese for Labour.[5][6]
In October 2022, it was announced that he would receive a life peerage in the 2022 Special Honours.[7] On 31 October 2022, he was created Baron Leong, of Chilton in the County of Oxfordshire and of Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden.[8][9]
Personal life
Leong is married to Gita; the couple have a daughter, Sonya.[10] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political service.[11]
References
- ^ "Sonny LEONG". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ a b c De Vita, Emma (April 2003). "Legally binding". Management Today. p. 79. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Sonny Leong appointed to Cavendish board". The Bookseller. 21 September 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via Gale OneFile.
- ^ a b "Sonny Leong joins executive airline". The Bookseller. 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ Leong, Sonny (17 October 2013). "Don't kowtow for Chinese money". The Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via Gale OneFile.
- ^ "Sonny Leong CBE". SME4Labour. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Political Peerages 2022". gov.uk. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Baron Leong". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Round-up of Oxfordshire people honoured in the Queen's birthday list". Oxford Mail. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Birthday Honours lists 2014". Honours. Government of the United Kingdom: HM Government. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2022.