Monday 24 May 2010

Tanit Kane Chearavanont

Tanit Kane Chearavanont – Location: Boston, Hong Kong, Thailand


Tanit Kane or "TK" as he is more commonly known to his friends is the grandson of Dhanin Chearavanont, the current Chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group. CP Group is the largest conglomerate in Thailand with businesses in food, commodities, real estate and telecommunications amongst others. The company also has extensive operations throughout Asia.

TK has taken some time off from Harvard University where he is a student and has begun work at Swiss investment bank UBS in their Hong Kong office as part of his training to one day take over the reins of the company back in Thailand.

Known amongst his friends as someone that knows how to party hard, TK can often be seen hitting up the clubs in HK and in Harvard with his friends. He is also reportedly a member of one of Harvard’s highly elite secret societies. Family is very low profile and has very strong political clout in Thailand, HK and increasingly China

Ho Ren Hua

Ho Ren Hua – Location: HK/Singapore






Grandson of Ho Rih Hwa, one of the most prominent businessman and an ambassador in Asia during his time. Ren Hua graduated from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he started his first job as an associate consultant with international management consulting company Bain & Co in NY before moving to HK. Extremely discreet, the Ho family is engaged in a wide array of different businesses which include agribusiness, mining, hotels and resorts as well as property developments amongst others. Their family is most famously known for inventing Tungsten. Ren Hua has been known to be very popular with the ladies and can be commonly seen out in HK. He is also a cycling enthusiast and has taken party in a number of competitions around the region. Relatively low profile, family does make appearances at worthy charity events. Family name has strong political clout in Thailand and Singapore.

Mao Dong Dong

Mao Dong Dong – Location: China





Grandson of Mao Zedong, DongDong is today the youngest general ever in the People’s Liberation Army. He is most known for his large size and is widely expected to become the leader of the Chinese Army in the coming years. He is married and no longer eligible though. Very low profile family. Family name has very strong political clout in China.

Hu Hai Feng

Hu Haifeng – Location: China







The only son of Hu Jintao, currently the Paramount Leader of China, Haifeng graduated from Tsinghua University, He is currently in the private sector and has businesses in China and overseas. Companies include Nuctech which is a technology company that has been very successful in China. However, news of late has not been positive as he has been mired in a corruption probe in regards to his business dealings in Namibia. He is probably innocent but the bad news has resulted in him keeping an even lower profile to protect his father’s reputation. Very low profile family. Family name has very strong political clout in China.

Sunday 23 May 2010

Winston Wen

Winston Wen Yun Song – Location: China





The only son of Wen Jiabao, China’s sixth and current Premier of the State Council, Yun Song graduated with a bachelors from Northwestern University. He is known for most recently starting up a private equity fund which raised US$1bn effortlessly. He is also the CEO of Unihub Global Networks. Known for his expertise in jewellery, Yun Song is known for his ability to hunt out good and hidden gems. His latest venture into private equity has been said to further build upon his ability to find diamonds in the rough. Very low profile family. Family name has very strong political clout in China.

Spencer Fung

Spencer Fung – Location: HK







Son of Victor Fung, Spencer graduated with a bachelors from Toronto University and a MBA from Harvard Business School. He is currently a member of the Li&Fung group which his father co-founded. Relatively high profile family and can and can be frequently seen on the HK social circuit. Known to be a connoisseur of fine food, Spencer can often be found in HK’s finest restaurants with his friends and family. Family name has very strong political clout in HK

Joel Sun

Joel Sun – Location: HK/Singapore





Great grandson of Sun Yat Sen, Chinese revolutionary and one of the early pioneers of Nationalist China, Joel graduated with a bachelors from Harvard University. He started his first job at Swiss investment bank UBS after graduation. Sun family have a wide array of different businesses which include manufacturing, plantations, and property development amongst others. Joel is a fan of motor racing and watersports. Family keeps a very low profile. Family name has strong political clout in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.