Portrait of Peter Woo

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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