Rank #187
Peter Woo
Net worth $15.5B
Real estate · Hong Kong
- Born
- Sep 05, 1946
- Age
- 79
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- Hong Kong
- Citizenship
- Hong Kong
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Peter Woo was chairman of property developer Wheelock & Co. and its main subsidiary, Wharf Holdings, before stepping down in 2015.
- His son Douglas, who is now chairman of Wheelock, took the company private in 2020.
- 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 met his future wife Bessie, daughter of the shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao.
- In 1975 he joined her family's business in Hong Kong.
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