Macao gambling king Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho, born on November 25, 1921 in Hong Kong, his ancestral home is Guangdong, and he has the blood of many ethnic groups in China, Jewish and Dutch. Stanley Ho's great-grandmother was named Shi Di, and his great-grandfather, , Ho Shiwen, (Charles Henry Maurice Bosman), is a Dutch Jew. He was born on August 29, 1839 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with his original surname Bosman. His surname He was the Chinese surname used during the operation of Jardine Mahjong and Labor Service Company in Hong Kong after the Opium War. He Shiwen and Shi Di gave birth to five children, four sons and one daughter, sons He Qidong , He Qifu , He Qiman and He Qijia, and daughter He Baiyan. Stanley Ho's grandfather was Ho Qifu, and his grandmother Luo Ruicai was from the Luo Wenjin family, one of the four major families in Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1960s. Stanley Ho's father, Ho Shiguang, was He Qifu's third son, and his mother, Flora, was the daughter of Xian Defen, the Stephen Hall family.
Hong Kong Royal Academy
Stanley Ho studied at Huang Ren Academy, the best school in Hong Kong. He was a classmate of Ho Ying-tung . Later, he was admitted to the School of Science of the University of Hong Kong. In 1941, he dropped out of university and joined CICC Trading Company as a secretary. He won his first pot of gold in his life because of his outstanding work. In 1947, he started his business with his first pot of gold and founded the Macau Fire Water (kerosene) Company. In 1953, Stanley Ho returned to Hong Kong and founded the Leon Construction Company, engaged in real estate and construction business. By 1959, Stanley Ho's assets had exceeded 10 million, becoming a super rich man in Hong Kong. On January 1, 1962, the first Macau casino "New Garden" casino run by Stanley Ho opened. In 1969, more than RMB 60 million was invested to build the "Lisboa Casino" and was completed and put into use in 1970. In 1990, the Royal Palace Casino was established in Macau. In December, through entertainment companies and other consortiums, it acquired 54% of the stake in the Macau Jockey Club, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, for 450 million yuan. In August 1993, he invested in a gaming company in Agave, Portugal. In 1994, it invested nearly HK$200 million to open a casino in Hai Pang City, Vietnam.
Stanley Ho won the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Star in 2003, the Macau Big Lotus Medal in 2007, and the Great Bauhinia Medal in 2010.Stanley Ho donated the looted national treasure pig heads and horse heads to the Old Summer Palace in 2003 and 2019 respectively. He officially retired on June 12, 2018 and died on May 26, 2020 at the age of 98.
Hongshen Ho family, Cui Liu's Cui family, Ho Xian's Ho family, and Ma Wanqi's Ma family are known as the "Four Major Families in Macau".
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1957, Stanley Ho married his second wife Lan Qiongying and had one son and four daughters, Ho Chaoqiong (born in 1962, his ex-husband was the grandson of the first ship king Xu Aizhou, Xu Jinheng ), Ho Chaofeng (born in 1964, his ex-husband was He Zhijian, the son of Ho Shoukang, and he had He Siheng and He Qianheng), Ho Chaoli (born in 1968), Ho Chaoyi (born in 1974, married Chen Zicong), Ho Yaulong (born in 1977); in 1985, Stanley Ho married his third wife Chen Wanzhen (ancestral home in Xinhui, Guangdong), and had one son and two daughters, He Chaoyun (born in 1989), He Chaolian (dating actor Dou Xiao publicly) and He Youqi (born in 1991, twins, married Qi Jiao); in 1989, Stanley Ho married the fourth wife, Angela Liang (ancestors from Sanshui, Guangdong), and had three sons and two daughters, He Chaoying (alias He Langzhen, born in 1990), He Youheng (born in 1994), He Youjun (born in 1995, married model Xi Mengyao, and gave birth to a child He Guangshen ), He Chaoxin (born in 1999), and He Youjia.
Ho Dong
Once the head of the four major families in Hong Kong - Ho Dong (Ho Qidong) family
The four major families that emerged after the opening of Hong Kong were: Ho Dong family, Luo Wenjin family, Gao Kening family and Li Xishen family. One said it was the He Dong family, the Luo Wenjin family, the Gao Kening family and the Fu Laorong family. The other said it was the He Dong family, the Luo Wenjin family, the Xu Aizhou family, and the Li Shipeng family. No matter how the other three families change, there is a place for the Hedong family.
He Qidong's family has a family motto: First, be diligent, and second, be sure to hold silver paper in your hands. Qian Qi will not be able to hold hands. The general meaning is 1. Be diligent, 2. Hold the money in your hand and don’t let it slip away.
Fifteen years from 1859 to 1873, He Shiwen and Shi Di gave birth to five children, four sons and one daughter, daughter He Baiyan, sons He Qidong, He Qifu, He Qiman and He Qijia. In 1873, He Shiwen left Hong Kong, and Shi Di and trader Guo Xingxian had two sons and two daughters, He Ruiting (He Baiben, married Huang Jinfu, gave birth to a son Huang Xilin), He Baijuan, He Gantang (He Qitang), and Guo Maochao.
He Dong (sitting in the middle) He Fu (sitting in the left) He Gantang (sitting in the right)
Front row from left: Liu Zhubo, He Dong, He Gantang, and the back row from left: He Fu, Chen Qiming, Luo Changzhao .
He Dong (1862-1956), whose original name is He Qidong, whose courtesy name is Xiaosheng, was the first richest man since the opening of the port in Hong Kong. He is both friends with Sun Yat-sen, Kang Youwei and Chiang Kai-shek. His original wife Mai Xiuying, his flat wife Zhang Lianjue (formerly named Zhang Jingrong, Mai Xiuying's cousin), he had a son He Shiqin (early death), He Shijian, He Shili, his daughter He Jinzi, He Huizi, He Xianzi, He Qizi, He Wenzi, He Yaozi, He Xiaozi. Concubine Zhou Qiwen, and He Chunzi, gave birth to a daughter. He had an illegitimate son He Shiyi ( He Zuozhi ). He Shijian married Mordia O'Shea and had three sons. He Hongxian (early death), He Hongqing, He Hongzhang married Yu Annie and had three sons. He Youhao, He Youbao, and He Youbiao. He and his cousin He Wanqi (He Shiguang's five daughters, ex-husband Mai Zhiwei) had an illegitimate son Mai Shunming and his illegitimate daughter Mai Huiyu ; He Shili married Hong Qifen (Henry G Anderson family) and had one son He Hongyi , He Hongyi married Greta Lo and had two sons, He Youguang and He Youzhong. He Zuozhi married Feng Yueyan, gave birth to a son, and he was a daughter. The eldest daughter He Jinzi married Luo Wenjin, and He Yaozi married Luo Wenhao.
He Fu, whose original name is He Qifu, whose courtesy name is Zesheng, was once a comprador of Jardine Bank and Sassoon Bank. He was one of the five giants of Chinese business at that time. He married Luo Ruicai (the Luo Wenjin family, one of the four major families), and had 13 children, namely: He Shirong, He Baozi, He Shiyao, He Shiguang, He Shiliang, He Shiquan, He Shizhuo, He Baorong, He Shiqing (also known as He Shiji, married Luo Qiaozhen of the Luo Wenjin family, and gave birth to a son , He Hongluan ), He Baolian, He Baozhi, He Baoxian, and He Baoqiong. Ho Shirong, adopted his uncle Ho Dong as his heir, was once a comprador of HSBC Bank. He married Hong Yunzhi (Hong Yuyan, Henry G Anderson family) and had four sons Ho Hongjun, Ho Hongbang, Ho Hongzong and Ho Hongmin; Ho Shiyao served as a Youli Bank, married Shi Yanfang (daughter of Shi Bingguang, the daughter of Shi Bingguang, Hong Kong legal family in Hong Kong) and had two sons, Ho Hongjian and Ho Hongchao; Ho Shiguang was once a comprador of Sasan Bank and married Xian Xingyun (daughter of Xian Defen family in Xian Defen) and had six sons, Ho Hongen, Ho Hongzhan, Ho Hongwei, Ho Hongtao, Ho Hongtao, Ho Hongtao, and Ho Hongduan (early death). He Shiliang's son inherited his father's aspirations and became the comprador of Jardine Bank, marrying Luo Wenjin's family Luo Xuezhen.
Stanley Ho’s father, Ho Shiguang,
He Man, whose original name is He Qiman, was adopted by the Bao family.
Walter Bosman studied in the UK and went to South Africa without returning to Hong Kong. He was promoted from an engineer to chief engineer and became the director of the South African government's Works Bureau.
He Gantang, whose real name is He Qitang, whose courtesy name is Disheng, is He Dong's half-brother. There are 12 wives and concubines, with more than 30 children, and they have children He Shijie, He Shihua, He Shiwen, He Shiwei, He Shi'an, He Boling, He Bozhen, and He Boyuan. He Shijie married Dong Yanqiong and gave birth to sons He Hongtu, He Hongye, He Honghui, He Hongshu, He Hongdi, He Hongji, and He Hongheng.He Shihua married Shi Ruifang (also known as Yuzhi, the daughter of Shi Bingguang, a legal family, and a legal family), gave birth to a son He Qinghao and his daughter He Qingxi. He Gantang and his last mistress in Shanghai, Zhang Qiongxian, adopted a mixed-race girl as their adopted daughter, named He Bairong, He Bairong, also known as He Aiyu, . He Aiyu married Li Haiquan, one of the "Four Famous Eagles of Cantonese Opera" in Foshan, Guangdong, and had three sons and two daughters. The second son was the famous international kung fu superstar Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee and his mother He Aiyu and his father Li Haiquan
Stanley Ho's great-grandfather He Shiwen is Bruce Lee's great-grandfather. Stanley Ho's grandfather Ho Kit-fu is the half-brother of Bruce Lee's grandfather Ho Gantang, and Bruce Lee's mother Ho Aiyu is the cousin of Stanley Ho's father Ho Shiguang, so the gambling king Stanley Ho and Bruce Lee are cousins.
