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Law Kar Po

Hong Kong businessman

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ21176438 ↗
Source-derived summary

Law Kar Po (Chinese: 羅家寶; born 1947/1948) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman, chairman of the Park Hotel Group.

Law Kar Po is the founder, retailer, and franchisor of the apparel brand Bossini—Kar-po where he grew his father’s textile empire and eventually shifted its focus into property and hotels.

He is the chairman of the Park Hotel and Park Capital Group. Park Hotel Group manages 12 hotels in eight cities and five countries in the Asia-Pacific region. His elder brother is fellow billionaire Kenneth Lo.

As of June 2021, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$6.1 billion.

He is the father of Allen Law, who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Park Hotel Group.

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“Law Kar Po” enters the record as hong Kong businessman. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hong, Kong and businessman can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1948, 2021—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1948, 1930—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hong, Kong and businessman.
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