呂志和

繁體中文

呂志和1929年喺廣東江門出世，四歲移居香港，係嘉華集團同銀河娛樂嘅創辦人同主席。二戰後佢由建築材料起家，其後擴展至地產、酒店，最賺錢嘅係博彩業。2002年澳門博彩業開放後，銀河娛樂成為六家持牌經營者之一，呂志和亦成為亞洲最富有嘅人之一。佢喺香港同中國大陸嘅教育同醫療捐獻良多，2016年獲頒大紫荊勳章。

English

Lui Che-woo, born in 1929 in Jiangmen and raised in Hong Kong from age four, is the founder and chairman of K. Wah Group and Galaxy Entertainment. Starting with construction materials after the Second World War, he expanded into property, hotels and, most lucratively, gaming. Galaxy Entertainment became one of six concession holders in Macau's gaming market after liberalisation in 2002, and Lui became one of Asia's wealthiest men. He has donated heavily to education and healthcare in Hong Kong and mainland China, and received the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2016.