Tung Chee Hwa
Tung Chee-hwa, GBM is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997 to 12 March 2005. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
- Tung Chee Hwa is the eldest son of shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung, who founded what became one of Hong Kong‘s largest shipping companies.
- After running Orient Overseas for 14 years, Chee Hwa handed over the reins to younger brother Chee Chen in order to serve as Hong Kong‘s first chief executive.
- In 2018 the two brothers sold their entire 68.7% stake to China shipping giant COSCO, pocketing US$4.34 billion.
- His two sons, Alan and Andrew, were both executives at Orient Overseas.
