Peter Woo

Peter Woo Kwong-ching, GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. He was the chairman of Wheelock and Company Limited and The Wharf Holdings Limited until 19 May 2015. As of May 2017, his net worth is estimated to be $10.3 billion.

  • He was the chairman of property developer Wheelock & Co. and its main subsidiary, Wharf Holdings. He stepped down mid-2015 and became ‘senior counsel’
  • Beyond property, Wheelock and Wharf control important telecom, port and retailing assets, including luxury department store chain Lane Crawford.
  • Woo started his career in 1972 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, where he also met his future wife Bessie, daughter of shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao.
  • In 1975, he joined her family business in Hong Kong. The couple’s son Douglas, heir apparent, chairs Wheelock.

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