Rank #542
Helmut Sohmen
Net worth $6.9B
Shipping · Austria
- Born
- Dec 10, 1939
- Age
- 86
- Source
- Shipping
- Residence
- Hong Kong
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, Southern Methodist University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Vienna
Net worth over time
Biography
- Helmut Sohmen was chairman of the shipping giant BW Group for 28 years, before he stepped down and handed the reins to son Andreas in 2014.
- The Austrian citizen has lived in Hong Kong for decades and is married to Anna Pui Hing Pao, the eldest daughter of the late shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao.
- He supports a graduate scholarship program for Chinese lawyers studying at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University in Texas.
- His billionaire brother-in-law, Peter Woo, controls Wheelock & Co., a Hong Kong-based real estate firm.
- Sohmen was part of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1988.
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