Lui Che Woo
Birth Date: 80/2010/3/10 Birth Place: Jiangmen, China
Residence: Hong Kong
Networth: {{gain}} United States dollar 10.4 1,000,000,000 (number) (est.), ''(February 2010)'' Spouse: Married, 5 children
Dr. Lui Che Woo was born in Jiangmen, China in 1929. He established the first K. Wah company in Hong Kong in the 1950s. He is currently Chairman of K. Wah Group. Its major member companies include K. Wah International Holdings Ltd. (Stock code: 173.HK), Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (Stock code: 27.HK), Stanford Hotels International Limited and K. Wah Construction Materials Limited. Today, K. Wah has developed into a multi-national conglomerate involving properties, entertainment & leisure, construction materials and hotels with over 200 subsidiaries and more than 20,000 employees in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau, North America and Southeast Asia. On May 2011, Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited has opened $2 billion Galaxy casino and hotel in Macau with 2,200 rooms, 50 restaurants, 450 gambling tables, an artificial beach and a wave pool.
Lui is a pioneer in Hong Kong construction materials industry. In the 1960s, he embarked on property investments. In the 1980s, he set his sights on hotel development. In the 1990s, Lui expanded his business into Mainland China. In 2002, he ventured into Macaua??s gaming business and is now one of the six gaming concessionaries in Macau where he aims at developing world class travel, leisure, shopping, meeting, convention, exhibition and entertainment facilities.
A distinguished philanthropist, Lui has been particularly supportive of the development of medical care and education. He was Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in 1981-2. In 1999, Lui provided funds for the Stanford University Medical Centre to set up Lui Che Woo Research Laboratory. He also holds important posts in various tertiary institutions including Founding Honorary President of the University of Hong Kong Foundation of Educational Development and Research, Member of the Board of Trustees of United College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honorary Member of the Court of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Member of the Cons
