Rank #1782
Michael Ying
Net worth $2.3B
Retail · Hong Kong
- Born
- Dec 01, 1949
- Age
- 76
- Source
- Retail
- Residence
- Hong Kong
- Citizenship
- Hong Kong
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Michael Ying is the former chairman of Hong Kong-listed fashion retailer Esprit.
- He has kept a low profile and sold most of his stake in the company after stepping down in 2006.
- In 2017 Ying transferred the rest of his Esprit shares to his daughters, who then sold all in 2021.
- Ying joined Esprit in the 1970s and played a key role in building it into a global brand.
- Ying's Yan Ai Foundation has been supporting education and health care for poor children on the mainland.