Stanley Ho
Macau gambling magnate
Stanley Ho Hung-sun GBM GLM GBS GML OBE (Chinese: 何鴻燊, 25 November 1921 – 26 May 2020) was a Hong Kong-Macau billionaire[1] businessman, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings. It owned nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.[2]
Stanley Ho | |
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Nationality | Macanese Hong Konger |
Occupation | Businessman |
Ho had been nicknamed Godfather and King of Gambling. He was an important person on the Macau gambling industry for 75 years.[3]
Ho was also the founder and chairman of Shun Tak Holdings, through which he owned many businesses including entertainment, tourism, shipping, real estate, banking, and air transport. It was said that his businesses employ almost one-fourth of the workforce of Macau.[4]
Ho died on 26 May 2020 at a hospital in Hong Kong of kidney failure, aged 98.[5]
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