On November 13, 2019, Macau entrepreneur Stanley Ho donated the head of a horse, which was purchased at his personal expense, to the National Heritage Board. At the donation ceremony, Pansy Ho, daughter of the King of Gamblers, attended the ceremony on behalf of her father. Stanley Ho is also known as the "King of Gamblers of Macau", strong financial background, his family is Hong Kong and Macao's leading magnates. Stanley Ho and his four wives **** raising six sons and 11 daughters, and it is surprising that he has six sons, but two daughters will be his career successor.
"Macau King of Gamblers" road to success
Born in Hong Kong in 1921, Stanley Ho's family was rich in his early years, living in a favorable environment. His father and grandfather were famous businessmen in Hong Kong, and his grandmother and mother also came from a wealthy family. He grew up in fine clothes and received advanced education. Later, his father went bankrupt and was forced to go into exile in the South China Sea. When the family fell apart, not only did the relatives and friends who used to surround him not lend a helping hand, they even ridiculed Stanley Ho's family. Without a source of income, the original young master had to live a life of chaff and food.
It is said that suffering is a necessary lesson in life. Cowardly people will be defeated by suffering and will be devastated ever since. The good ones, however, will sublimate themselves in the midst of suffering. After his father's bankruptcy, Stanley Ho tasted the cold and warmth of life, and gradually realized that he could only live by himself.
So, in the trough, Stanley Ho started to pick up books and began to study, and eventually enrolled in the University of Hong Kong with honors. Later, the war broke out, Hong Kong was lost, and in 1941 Stanley Ho was forced to leave Hong Kong and go to Macau to earn a living.
After arriving in Macau, with his fluent English and outstanding memory, he was offered a secretarial position in a trading company in Macau. Later, in the course of his work, he was good at communicating with people, which enabled him to show his social skills to the fullest, and soon took his place in the trading company.
In 1943, Stanley Ho earned one million Australian dollars in the trading company. But Stanley Ho didn't want to settle for a small trading company, he was an eagle that should soar higher in the sky. After a few years of preparation, Stanley Ho founded the Macau Firewater Company, and then engaged in the textile business with his friend ****. After years of wealth accumulation, Stanley Ho returned to Hong Kong in 1953 and entered the construction and real estate industries, and by 1959, had become a famous tycoon.
Since then, Stanley Ho and with a keen sense of the market began to venture into the catering, tourism, entertainment, shipping and other industries, no surprise, these investments are Stanley Ho has brought the common unimaginable lucrative earnings. 1990 to 1994, Stanley Ho spent a huge amount of money to build casinos in Macao and Vietnam, to a certain extent, to promote the development of the gaming industry in Macao, in the period of Stanley Ho, has become a real celebrity, he has become the most important person in the world, and has become the most important person in the world. The company has become the "King of Gamblers" in Macau.
Stanley Ho in the development of their own business empire at the same time, but also the economic and social development of Hong Kong, Macao and the motherland. Stanley Ho has repeatedly contributed to the economic development of Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland in his personal name, and established foundations to help people with difficulties in life. He has received numerous accolades throughout his life, and his career and social influence have been recognized by society and the state.
In 2018, 96-year-old Stanley Ho announced his retirement. From a penniless teenager to today's $100 billion tycoon, Stanley Ho's hard work and outstanding personal abilities are evident for all to see***. He has driven the development of Macau's gaming industry with his own efforts, and occupied a pivotal position in the economic field of Hong Kong and Macau.
The King of Gamblers
The King of Gamblers is now approaching his 100th year, and in his dramatic life, apart from the business empire he has built, the most widely known story is that of the King of Gamblers and his four wives.
When Stanley Ho first arrived in Macau, he met Lai Yuen Wah, who is known as the most beautiful woman in Macau. After seeing Lai for the first time, Stanley started his intense pursuit of her. Soon after, Stanley got Lai's attention with his outstanding appearance and persistent pursuit. Soon after, Lai and Stanley were married, and the two of them have been in love ever since they got married.
Soon after their marriage, Stanley Ho made his first fortune in Macau. Lai Yuen Wah had three daughters and a son with Stanley Ho and lived a happy life. 1957, Lai Yuen Wah was bedridden with an unfortunate illness.
Not only was Stanley Ho's appearance suave and elegant, but he also possessed wealth and ability that was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and these factors determined that Stanley Ho would not have only one woman." After Lai Yuen Wah became bedridden, Stanley Ho met a soldier named Lan Qiong Ying, and in 1957, Stanley Ho and Lan Qiong Ying married. After their marriage, she gave birth to one man and four daughters.
In the education of the children, the military family of the blue tassel is known for its strict, Stanley Ho, the King of Gamblers, also gave a lot of guidance to the growth of children, so that the blue tassel children became the King of Gamblers most capable children. After the blue Qiong Ying settled in Canada to help Stanley Ho to take care of the clothing business.
The King of Gamblers won't stop at one person. Stanley Ho's third wife is Chan Yuen-chun, who was originally Lai Yuen-wah's personal nurse. Later, she developed a relationship with Stanley Ho and openly cohabited with him. After the relationship became public, Chan Yuen-chun and Stanley Ho had a son and two daughters.
Angie Leung, the fourth wife of the King of Gamblers, met the King at a ball. Angela Leung was originally a dancer in the Kwong Chau Cultural Troupe, in 1986, the two **** with a ball, Stanley Ho was convinced by Angela Leung's dancing skills, the two soon fell in love, in 1989, Angela Leung formally became the King of Gamblers, "Auntie four". After living together, Angela gave birth to three sons and two daughters for Stanley Ho.
The King of Gamblers and his children
The King of Gamblers has been a flirt all his life, and did not hide it in front of the media. In the life of Stanley Ho's flirtation, with four wives *** conceived 17 children. In his 17 children, and Lai Yuen Wah's children have two unfortunate passed away, and the third Mrs. Lee Yuen Chun and the fourth Mrs. Angela Leung's children are rarely involved in the affairs of Stanley Ho's company. Only the king's two daughters with Lan Qiongying often help their father with the company's affairs.
Pansy Ho is the eldest daughter of the King of Gamblers and Gloria Lam. She was taught by her father from a young age, and has a calm and steady character, with a high degree of talent in business, and is Stanley Ho's favorite daughter. After Pansy Ho returned from her studies in the United States, she did not immediately enter her father's company, but chose to start from the grassroots level to gain experience. After a few years of exercise, she began to participate in the management of a hotel under her mother's name, which became the hotel of choice for state dignitaries to stay under her management.
It was not until 1995 that Pansy Ho took up a directorship in her father's company, the Shun Tak Group in Hong Kong. During her tenure, Pansy Ho's unique personal charisma and sophisticated business tactics brought the group huge profits.
Priscilla Ho is the second daughter of the King of Gamblers and Ms. Lan Qiong Ying. Pansy Ho keeps a low profile and rarely appears in the public eye. The siblings received a strict education from their mother and developed a self-reliant personal character. When she was in elementary school, she was encouraged by her mother to join the Boy Scouts, an experience that sharpened her tough character. After completing her studies, she began to help her father with the management of the company. She is an avid philanthropist and has received many personal honors.
Sunny Ho's can be described as a family of children and grandchildren. But in his later years, because of the deterioration of Stanley Ho's health, he began to deal with the property under his own name, and therefore opened the prelude to the fight for the property of the magnates, Ho Chiu-king and Ho Chiu-fung, with their outstanding ability has become the two most powerful children of Stanley Ho.
Even though the King of Gamblers has not publicly announced his successor, in the eyes of the public, Pansy Ho and Chiu-Fung Ho, as the King of Gamblers' two most favored children, the heir apparent will surely be produced in the two. Stanley Ho in the many children chose two daughters as their career successor, must also be out of the daughter's ability to trust it.