Kwong Siu-hing
Kwong Siu-hing is the widow of Kwok Tak-seng, the co-founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties, who died in 1990. After her eldest son, Walter, was expelled in a fight with her two other sons, Thomas and Raymond, she served as the company's chairman from 2008 until 2011.
She is still Sun Hung Kai's largest stockholder. Since Thomas was sentenced to 5 years in jail for bribery in 2014, Raymond has been the sole chairman; he was freed in 2019. Walter passed away in 2018. In 1947, Kwong moved to Hong Kong from Guangdong Province in mainland China, where he married at the age of 20. In 1958, Kwok founded the company alongside Fung King-hey and Lee Shau-kee. It became Hong Kong's largest developer after becoming public in 1972.
Company: Sun Hung Kai Properties
Net worth: US$13.2 billion