Vincent Lo
Vincent Lo | |
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| Born | 羅康瑞 Lo Hong-shui 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph College University of New South Wales |
| Occupation | Chairman of Shui On Group |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Ho （1985－？） Loletta Chu (2008.11.27－) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Lo Ying-shek To Lei-kwan |
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅康瑞 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗康瑞 | ||||||||||||
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Vincent Lo Hong-shui GBS (born 1948) is the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969.[1] Upon returning to Hong Kong, started business with the sum of HK$100,000 (US$16,700) borrowed from his father, a Hong Kong property tycoon.
In 1984, Lo began investing in Shanghai and built a hotel in partnership with the Shanghainese Communist Youth League. The Tiananmen Square crisis caused occupancy to plunge, and the league could not repay its construction loan. Lo assisted the league in dealing with the loan: Han Zheng was the Youth League secretary at the time, and is now mayor of Shanghai.
In association with Xu Kuangdi, a former Shanghai mayor, Han assisted Lo in gaining the right to develop a piece of land surrounding the hall where the Communist Party of China held its first meeting, now known as Xintiandi. The $170 million property development project is a 20,000 square meter complex of restaurants, bars and shops and is a prime entertainment spot in Shanghai. [citation needed]
In 1995, he bought his first cement plant in Chongqing, which has enabled the Shui On Group to become one of China's top three cement companies. Under Lo's direction, the Shui On Group is carrying out property development projects in other Chinese cities, such as Wuhan, Dalian, Foshan and Hangzhou, as well as Chongqing. [citation needed]
Family
Vincent Lo married his ex-wife Jean Ho（何晶潔）in 1985, they had 2 children together.
Vincent Lo and his current wife Loletta Chu married in November 2008.
References
- ^ Luo Kangrui (Baidu Encyclopedia) (in Chinese)
External links
- Shui On Group
- CNN Interview of Vincent Lo (transcript), 9 April 2007
- Vincent Lo's channel on YouTube
- Use dmy dates from February 2012
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong people of Chaoshanese descent
- Hong Kong billionaires
- Hong Kong entrepreneurs
- Hong Kong chief executives
- Hong Kong real estate businesspeople
- University of New South Wales alumni
- Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
- Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians
- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the HKSAR Preparatory Committee
- Hong Kong BLCC members
- Hong Kong Affairs Advisors
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2011–2016
- Hong Kong politicians